EXPIREAT

Sets a timeout on key. The key will automatically be deleted.

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Arguments#

keystrrequired#

The key to set the timeout on.

unix_time_secondsint | datetime.datetimerequired#

The timeout in unix seconds timestamp as int or a datetime.datetime object.

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#

EXPIRE KEYS

# With a datetime objectredis.set("mykey", "Hello")redis.expireat("mykey", datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=5))# With a unix timestampredis.set("mykey", "Hello")redis.expireat("mykey", int(time.time()) + 5)