SET

Set a key to hold a string value.

Arguments

key · str · required

The key

value · TValue · required

The value, if this is not a string, we will use JSON.stringify to convert it to a string.

get · bool

Instead of returning True, this will cause the command to return the old value stored at key, or None when key did not exist.

ex · int

Sets an expiration (in seconds) to the key.

px · int

Sets an expiration (in milliseconds) to the key.

exat · int

Set the UNIX timestamp in seconds until the key expires.

pxat · int

Set the UNIX timestamp in milliseconds until the key expires.

keepttl · bool

Keeps the old expiration if the key already exists.

nx · bool

Only set the key if it does not already exist.

xx · bool

Only set the key if it already exists.

Response

True if the key was set. If get is specified, this will return the old value stored at key, or None when the key did not exist.

Basic

assert redis.set("key", "value") == True

assert redis.get("key") == "value"