Redis - Keys Pexpire Command



Redis Pexpire command is used to set the expiry of the key in milliseconds. After the expiry time, the key will not be available in Redis.

Return Value

Integer value 1 or 0

  • 1, if the timeout is set for the key.
  • 0, if the key does not exist or timeout could not be set.

Syntax

Following is the basic syntax of Redis Expire command.

redis 127.0.0.1:6379> PEXPIRE KEY_NAME TIME_IN_MILLISECONDS

Example

First, create a key in Redis and set some value in it.

redis 127.0.0.1:6379> SET tutorialspoint redis 
OK

Now, set timeout of the previously created key.

redis 127.0.0.1:6379> PEXPIRE tutorialspoint 5000 
(integer) 1

In the above example, 5 seconds time is set for the key tutorialspoint. After 5 seconds, the key will expire automatically.

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