BRPOP - Upstash Documentation

Use BRPOP to pop an element from the tail of the first non-empty list, blocking until one has an element or the timeout expires.

It is the blocking form of RPOP and behaves like BLPOP in every other respect: several keys are checked in the order given, the reply names the key the element came from, the timeout is in seconds and may be fractional with 0 meaning wait forever, and clients blocked on the same key are served in the order they started waiting.

Producers pushing with LPUSH and consumers waiting with BRPOP form the classic first-in, first-out worker queue.

Syntax#

BRPOP <key> [<key> ...] <timeout>

Arguments#

Argument	Required	Repeatable	Description
`<key>`	Yes	Yes	Redis key targeted by the command.
`<timeout>`	Yes	No	Seconds to block; `0` blocks indefinitely.

Important points#

A blocking form holds the request until data arrives or its timeout expires. Set the client/network timeout longer than the command timeout.

Response#

The reply reports the result of the operation. Error replies have the same shape in RESP2 and RESP3 and are surfaced as exceptions by the SDKs below.

Protocol	Reply
RESP2	Null bulk string or null array, or two-element key/value array
RESP3	Null, or two-element key/value array

Note

Client libraries often decode bulk strings, maps, sets, and numeric strings into language-native values. The table describes the Redis wire reply.

Examples#

TCP examples use the TLS REDIS_URL from the Upstash console. REST examples use UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL and UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN.

Redis CLI

BRPOP my-key 1.5

@upstash/redis

Note

This command is not supported yet in @upstash/redis.

upstash_redis

Note

This command is not supported yet in upstash_redis.

ioredis

import Redis from "ioredis";const redis = new Redis(process.env.REDIS_URL!);const result = await redis.brpop("my-key", "1.5");console.log(result);

node-redis

import { createClient } from "redis";const client = await createClient({ url: process.env.REDIS_URL })  .on("error", console.error)  .connect();const result = await client.brPop("my-key", 1.5);console.log(result);

redis-py

import osimport redisclient = redis.from_url(os.environ["REDIS_URL"])result = client.brpop(["my-key"], timeout=1.5)print(result)

go-redis

package mainimport (    "context"    "fmt"    "os"    "time"    "github.com/redis/go-redis/v9")func main() {    opts, err := redis.ParseURL(os.Getenv("REDIS_URL"))    if err != nil {        panic(err)    }    client := redis.NewClient(opts)    result, err := client.BRPop(context.Background(), 1500*time.Millisecond, "my-key").Result()    if err != nil {        panic(err)    }    fmt.Println(result)}

jedis

import java.net.URI;import redis.clients.jedis.Jedis;try (Jedis jedis = new Jedis(new URI(System.getenv("REDIS_URL")))) {  Object result = jedis.brpop(1.5, "my-key");  System.out.println(result);}

redis-rs

use redis::TypedCommands;fn main() -> redis::RedisResult<()> {    let url = std::env::var("REDIS_URL").expect("REDIS_URL is not set");    let client = redis::Client::open(url)?;    let mut connection = client.get_connection()?;    let result = connection.brpop("my-key", 1.5)?;    println!("{result:?}");    Ok(())}