PEXPIRE

Sets a timeout on key. After the timeout has expired, the key will automatically be deleted.

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Arguments#

keystrrequired#

The key to expire.

milliseconds | datetime.timedeltaintrequired#

The timeout in milliseconds as int or datetime.timedelta

nxbool#

Set expiry only when the key has no expiry

xxbool#

Set expiry only when the key has an existing expiry

gtbool#

Set expiry only when the new expiry is greater than current one

ltbool#

Set expiry only when the new expiry is less than current one

Response#

PERSIST PEXPIREAT

# With millisecondsredis.set("mykey", "Hello")redis.expire("mykey", 500)# With a timedeltaredis.set("mykey", "Hello")redis.expire("mykey", datetime.timedelta(milliseconds=500))