PEXPIREAT

Sets a timeout on key. After the timeout has expired, the key will automatically be deleted.

Arguments

key

str

required

The key to expire.

unix_time_milliseconds

int | datetime.datetime

required

The timeout in unix milliseconds timestamp as int or a datetime.datetime 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