EXPIRE

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

Arguments

key

str

required

The key to set the timeout on.

seconds

int | datetime.timedelta

required

The timeout in seconds as int or datetime.timedelta object

nx

bool

Set expiry only when the key has no expiry

xx

bool

Set expiry only when the key has an existing expiry

gt

bool

Set expiry only when the new expiry is greater than current one

lt

bool

Set expiry only when the new expiry is less than current one

Response

True if the timeout was set