PEXPIREAT

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.

unix_time_millisecondsint | datetime.datetimerequired#

The timeout in unix milliseconds 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#

PEXPIRE PTTL

# With a unix timestampredis.set("mykey", "Hello")redis.pexpireat("mykey", int(time.time() * 1000) )# With a datetime objectredis.set("mykey", "Hello")redis.pexpireat("mykey", datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=5))