In Redis, the LPUSH command inserts one or more values into the head of the list at the specified key.
If the key doesn’t exist, it is created as an empty list before performing the push operation. If the key already holds a value that is not a list, an error is returned.
Continue readingIn Redis, we can use the STRLEN command to get the length of a given string value, based on its key.
We can also use the HSTRLEN command to get the string length of a value stored in a hash.
Redis provides us with quite a few options for setting keys and any timeouts associated with those keys. Sometimes we can do it with a single command, other times we need two commands.
Here are four ways to set a key and its expiry in Redis.
Continue readingIf we need to append a value to a string in Redis, we can use the APPEND command to do just that. All we need to do is call the command with the key name and the value to append.
When setting a timeout for a key in Redis, we have the option of setting it only if the key already has an expiry. So, if the key doesn’t already have an associated timeout, the new timeout won’t apply. The new timeout will only apply if the key already has an existing timeout. In such cases the expiry will be reset to the new expiry.
We can do this with the XX option of the EXPIRE command. We can also use the XX option on commands such as EXPIREAT, PEXPIRE, and PEXPIREAT.
In Redis, the GET command is typically used to return the value of a single key that holds a string. But what if we need the values from multiple keys?
We can use the MGET command.
In Redis, we have several options for incrementing a key. For example, if we set a key to 1, we can increment it by 1 to make 2. Or we can increment it by whatever amount we desire.
Below are four ways to increment a key in Redis.
Continue readingMany SQL databases have a SUBSTR() or equivalent function that returns a substring from a specified string.
Redis has a SUBSTR command, but it was deprecated in Redis 2.0.0.
However, Redis also has the GETRANGE command, that basically does the same thing. Basically, anything that was possible with the Redis SUBSTR command, is now possible with the GETRANGE command.
And the GETRANGE command does basically the same thing that most of the SUBSTR() and SUBSTRING() functions do in the SQL world – gets a substring from a string.
There are several ways to return a key’s expiry in Redis. The method used depends on how we want the expiry to be returned.
We can use the TTL command to return the timeout in seconds. We can alternatively use the PTTL command to return it in milliseconds. Another way to do it is to use the EXPIRETIME which returns the absolute Unix timestamp of the key in seconds, or the PEXPIRETIME command which returns the absolute Unix timestamp of the key in milliseconds.
In Redis, the OBJECT ENCODING command returns the internal encoding for the Redis object stored at the specified key.