# GETEX

> Get value and set expiration.

Use `GETEX` to read a value and change its expiration in the same call.

`EX`, `PX`, `EXAT`, and `PXAT` set a new lifetime or deadline, and `PERSIST` removes the expiration so the key stops expiring. With no option at all the expiration is left exactly as it was, which is the difference from [`GET`](/redis/commands/string/get) plus a separate [`EXPIRE`](/redis/commands/generic/expire).

Doing both at once is what makes a sliding expiration correct: reading a session extends it atomically, with no window in which the key could expire between the read and the refresh.

## Syntax

```redis
GETEX <key>
  [EX <seconds> | PX <milliseconds> | EXAT <unix-time-seconds> |
    PXAT <unix-time-milliseconds> | PERSIST]
```

## Arguments

| Argument | Required | Repeatable | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `<key>` | Yes | No | Redis key targeted by the command. |
| `(EX <seconds> \| PX <milliseconds> \| EXAT <unix-time-seconds> \| PXAT <unix-time-milliseconds> \| PERSIST)` | No | No | Choose one form: `EX` (set a lifetime in seconds); `PX` (set a lifetime in milliseconds); `EXAT` (expire at a Unix timestamp in seconds); `PXAT` (expire at a Unix timestamp in milliseconds); `PERSIST` (remove the expiration). Left unchanged when omitted. |

## 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 | Bulk string or Null bulk string or null array |
| RESP3 | Bulk string or Null |

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

## Examples

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

<AccordionGroup>

<Accordion title="Redis CLI" icon="terminal">

```bash
GETEX my-key
```

</Accordion>

<Accordion title="@upstash/redis" icon="node-js" iconType="brands">

```ts
import { Redis } from "@upstash/redis";

const redis = Redis.fromEnv();
const result = await redis.getex("my-key");
console.log(result);
```

</Accordion>

<Accordion title="upstash_redis" icon="python" iconType="brands">

```python
from upstash_redis import Redis

redis = Redis.from_env()
result = redis.getex("my-key")
print(result)
```

</Accordion>

<Accordion title="ioredis" icon="node-js" iconType="brands">

```ts
import Redis from "ioredis";

const redis = new Redis(process.env.REDIS_URL!);
const result = await redis.getex("my-key");
console.log(result);
```

</Accordion>

<Accordion title="node-redis" icon="node-js" iconType="brands">

```ts
import { createClient } from "redis";

const client = await createClient({ url: process.env.REDIS_URL })
  .on("error", console.error)
  .connect();
const result = await client.getEx("my-key", { type: "PX", value: 1000 });
console.log(result);
```

</Accordion>

<Accordion title="redis-py" icon="python" iconType="brands">

```python
import os
import redis

client = redis.from_url(os.environ["REDIS_URL"])
result = client.getex("my-key")
print(result)
```

</Accordion>

<Accordion title="go-redis" icon="golang" iconType="brands">

```go
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "os"

    "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.GetEx(context.Background(), "my-key", 0).Result()
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    fmt.Println(result)
}
```

</Accordion>

<Accordion title="jedis" icon="java" iconType="brands">

```java
import java.net.URI;
import redis.clients.jedis.Jedis;
import redis.clients.jedis.params.GetExParams;

try (Jedis jedis = new Jedis(new URI(System.getenv("REDIS_URL")))) {
  Object result = jedis.getEx("my-key", GetExParams.getExParams());
  System.out.println(result);
}
```

</Accordion>

<Accordion title="redis-rs" icon="rust" iconType="brands">

```rust
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.get_ex("my-key", redis::Expiry::PERSIST)?;
    println!("{result:?}");
    Ok(())
}
```

</Accordion>

</AccordionGroup>