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# Syntax
redis-cli -u redis://host:port
redis-cli -u redis://username:password@host:port

# Examples
redis-cli
redis-cli -u redis://localhost:6379
redis-cli -u redis://myuser:mypassword@localhost:6379

# If you run Redis through Docker

docker exec -it <container-id-or-name> redis-cli

NOTE
To setup Redis either locally or in the cloud, refer to the tutorial

Strings/Numbers
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Command Syntax Example Output

SET key
SET SET myKey "Hello" "OK"
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Description: Set key to hold the string value. If key already holds a value, it is
overwritten, regardless of its type.Time Complexity: O(1)

GET GET key GET myKey "Hello"

Description: Get the string value of key. If the key does not exist the special value nil
is returned.Time Complexity: O(1)

MGET key 1) "Hello" 2)

MGET MGET myKey nonExistentKey
[key ...] (nil)

Description: Returns the values of all specified keys. For every key that does not hold
a string value or does not exist, the special value nil is returned.Time Complexity: O(N)

INCR INCR key INCR myCounter (integer) 1

Description: Increments the number stored at key by one. If the key does not exist, it
is set to 0 before performing the operation.Time Complexity: O(1)

Generic
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Command Syntax Example Output

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KEYS
KEYS KEYS my* 1) "myKey" 2) "myCount
pattern

Description: Returns all keys matching pattern.Time Complexity: O(N)

EXISTS
EXISTS key [key EXISTS myKey (integer) 1
...]

Description: Checks if one or more keys exist.Time Complexity: O(N)

EXPIRE
EXPIRE key EXPIRE myKey 120 (integer) 1
seconds

Description: Set a timeout on a key.After the timeout has expired, the key will automatic
deleted.Time Complexity:O(1)

TTL TTL key TTL myKey (integer) 113

Description: Returns the remaining time to live of a key that has a timeout.Time Complex

PERSIST
PERSIST PERSIST myKey (integer) 1
key

Description: Removes the expiration from a key.Time Complexity:O(1)

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SCAN
cursor
[MATCH 1) "3" 2) 1) "myCounter"
SCAN SCAN 0 MATCH my* COUNT 2
pattern] "myKey"
[COUNT
count]

Description: Iterates the set of keys in the currently selected Redis database.Time
Complexity: O(1) for every call. O(N) for a complete iteration.

DEL key
DEL DEL myKey (integer) 1
[key ...]

Description: Removes the specified keys.Time Complexity: O(N)

# Server
redis_version:6.2.5
redis_git_sha1:0000000
redis_build_id:9893b2a
redis_mode:standalone
INFO INFO server
INFO os:Linux 5.4.72-microsof
[section] INFO keyspace
standard-WSL2 x86_64
arch_bits:64
...
# Keyspace
db0:keys=2,expires=0,a

Description:Returns information and statistics about the server, with the different sectio
server, clients, memory, persistence, stats, replication, cpu, commandstats, latencystats
sentinel, cluster, modules, keyspace, errorstats.Time Complexity: O(1)

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Hashes
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Command Syntax Example

HSET
key
field
HSET HSET h_employee_profile:101 name "Nicol" age 33
value
[field
value ...]

Description: Sets the specified fields to their respective values in the hash stored at key
Complexity: O(N)

HGET
HGET key HGET h_employee_profile:101 name
field

Description: Returns the value associated with field in the hash stored at key.Time Comp

HGETALL
HGETALL HGETALL h_employee_profile:101
key

Description: Returns all fields and values of the hash stored at key.Time Complexity: O(N)

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HMGET
key
HMGET HMGET h_employee_profile:101 name age
field1
[field2]

Description: Returns the values associated with the specified fields in the hash stored a
Complexity: O(N)

Sets
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Command Syntax Example Ou

SADD key
(int
SADD member SADD mySet "Hello"
1
[member ...]

Description: Adds the specified members to the set stored at key. Time Complexity: O(N)

SMEMBERS
SMEMBERS SMEMBERS mySet 1) "H
key

Description: Returns all the members of the set value stored at key.Time Complexity: O(N

(int
SCARD SCARD key SCARD mySet
1

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Description: Returns the set cardinality (number of elements) of the set stored at key.Ti
Complexity: O(1)

SISMEMBER
(int
SISMEMBER key SISMEMBER mySet "Hello"
1
member

Description: Returns if member is a member of the set stored at key.Time Complexity: O(1

SDIFF key1
SDIFF SDIFF mySet myOtherSet 1) "H
[key2]

Description: Returns the members of the set resulting from the difference between the
set and all the successive sets.Time Complexity: O(N)

SDIFFSTORE
(int
SDIFFSTORE destination SDIFFSTORE myNewSet mySet myOtherSet
1
key1 [key2]

Description: This command is equal to SDIFF, but instead of returning the resulting set, it
stored in destination.Time Complexity: O(N)

SREM key
(int
SREM member SREM mySet "Hello"
1
[member ...]

Description: Removes the specified members from the set stored at key.

Sorted sets
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Command Syntax Example Output

ZADD key score

(integer)
ZADD member [score ZADD myZSet 1 "one" 2 "two"
2
member ...]

Description: Adds all the specified members with the specified scores to the sorted
set stored at key. Time Complexity: O(log(N))

ZRANGE key
1) "one"
ZRANGE start stop ZRANGE myZSet 0 -1
2)"two"
[WITHSCORES]

Description: Returns the specified range of elements in the sorted set stored at
key.Time Complexity: O(log(N)+M) where M is the number of elements returned

Lists
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Command Syntax Example Output

LPUSH key
LPUSH LPUSH myList "World" (integer) 1
value [value ...]

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Description: Inserts the specified values at the head of the list stored at key. Time
Complexity: O(N)

RPUSH key
RPUSH RPUSH myList "Hello" (integer) 2
value [value ...]

Description: Inserts the specified values at the tail of the list stored at key.Time
Complexity: O(N)

LRANGE key 1) "World" 2)

LRANGE LRANGE myList 0 -1
start stop "Hello"

Description: Returns the specified elements of the list stored at key.Time

Complexity: O(S+N) where S is the distance of start and N is the number of elements in
the specified range.

LLEN LLEN key LLEN myList (integer) 2

Description: Returns the length of the list stored at key.Time Complexity: O(1)

LPOP key
LPOP LPOP myList "World"
[count]

Description: Removes and returns the first element of the list stored at key.Time
Complexity: O(N)

RPOP key
RPOP RPOP myList "Hello"
[count]

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Description: Removes and returns the last element of the list stored at key.Time
Complexity: O(N)

Streams
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Command Syntax Example

XADD key
field value
XADD XADD myStream * sensorId "1234" temperature
[field value
...]

Description: Appends the specified stream entry to the stream at the specified key. Tim
a new entry.

XREAD
[COUNT
count]
[BLOCK
XREAD XREAD COUNT 2 STREAMS myStream 0
milliseconds]
STREAMS
key [key ...]
ID [ID ...]

Description: Read data from one or multiple streams, only returning entries with an ID gre
reported by the caller.

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XRANGE key
start end
XRANGE XRANGE myStream 1518951480106-0 15189514801
[COUNT
count]

Description: Returns the entries matching a range of IDs in a stream. Time Complexity: O(
elements being returned. If N is constant (e.g. always asking for the first 10 elements wit
O(1).

XLEN XLEN key XLEN myStream

Description: Returns the number of entries of a stream. Time Complexity: O(1)

XDEL key ID
XDEL XDEL myStream 1518951480106-0
[ID ...]

Description: Removes the specified entries from a stream. Time Complexity: O(1) for each
stream

XTRIM key
XTRIM MAXLEN [~] XTRIM myStream MAXLEN 0
count

Description: Trims the stream to a different length. Time Complexity: O(N), with N being t
Constant times are very small however, since entries are organized in macro nodes conta
be released with a single deallocation.

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REDIS STACK COMMANDS

Redis stack extends the core features of Redis OSS like querying across hashes
and JSON documents, time series data support, full-text search ..etc

JSON
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Command Syntax Example

JSON.SET key
JSON.SET JSON.SET employee_profile:1 . '{"n
path value

Description: Sets JSON value at path in key.Time Complexity: O(M+N) where M is the origi

JSON.GET key
JSON.GET JSON.GET employee_profile:1
[path [path ...]]

Description: Returns the JSON value at path in key.Time Complexity: O(N) when path is ev
is evaluated to multiple values, where N is the size of the key

JSON.NUMINCRBY JSON.SET employee_profile:1 .age 3

JSON.NUMINCRBY
key path number JSON.NUMINCRBY employee_profile:1

Description: Increments a number inside a JSON document.Time Complexity: O(1) when p

values, where N is the size of the key

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JSON.OBJKEYS
JSON.OBJKEYS JSON.OBJKEYS employee_profile:1
key [path]

Description: Return the keys in the object that's referenced by path. Time Complexity: O
keys in the object, O(N) when path is evaluated to multiple values, where N is the size of

JSON.OBJLEN
JSON.OBJLEN JSON.OBJLEN employee_profile:1
key [path]

Description: Report the number of keys in the JSON object at path in key. Time Complexi
evaluated to multiple values, where N is the size of the key

JSON.ARRAPPEND JSON.SET employee_profile:1 .color

JSON.ARRAPPEND key [path] value JSON.ARRAPPEND employee_profile:1
[value ...]

Description: Append the json values into the array at path after the last element in it. Tim
where N is the size of the key

JSON.ARRINSERT
JSON.ARRINSERT key path index JSON.ARRINSERT employee_profile:1
value [value ...]

Description: Insert the json values into the array at path before the index (shifts to the r
where N is the size of the array, O(N) when path is evaluated to multiple values, where N i

JSON.ARRINDEX
JSON.ARRINDEX key path value JSON.ARRINDEX employee_profile:1 .
[start [stop]]

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Description: Searches for the first occurrence of a JSON value in an array. Time Complex
array, O(N) when path is evaluated to multiple values, where N is the size of the key

Search and Query

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Command Syntax

FT.CREATE index
[ON HASH | JSON]
[PREFIX count prefix [prefix ...]]
[FILTER {filter}]
FT.CREATE SCHEMA
field_name [AS alias] TEXT | TAG | NUMERIC | GEO |
[NOINDEX]
...

Description: Create an index with the given specification.Time Complexity: O(K) where K

FT.SEARCH
FT.SEARCH index query
[FILTER numeric_field min max [ FILTER numeric_fie
[RETURN count identifier [AS property] [ identifie
[SORTBY sortby [ ASC | DESC] [WITHCOUNT]]
[LIMIT offset num]
[PARAMS nargs name value [ name value ...]]

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Description: Search the index with a query, returning either documents or just ids. Time

FT.AGGREGATE index query

[LOAD count field [field ...]]
[ GROUPBY nargs property [property ...] [ REDUCE f
[ SORTBY nargs [ property ASC | DESC [ property AS
FT.AGGREGATE [ APPLY expression AS name ...
[ LIMIT offset num]
[FILTER filter]
[ PARAMS nargs name value [ name value ...]]

Description: Run a search query on an index, and perform aggregate transformations on

FT.INFO FT.INFO index

Description: Return information and statistics on the index.Time Complexity: O(1)

FT.DROPINDEX FT.DROPINDEX index [DD]

Description: Dropping existing index.Time Complexity:O(1) or O(N) if documents are delet

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