Redis GET Command

Redis Strings (string)

The Redis GET command is used to retrieve the value of the specified key. If the key does not exist, it returns nil. If the value stored in the key is not a string type, it returns an error.

Syntax

The basic syntax of the Redis GET command is as follows:

redis 127.0.0.1:6379> GET KEY_NAME

Available Version

>= 1.0.0

Return Value

Returns the value of the key, or nil if the key does not exist. If the key is not a string type, an error is returned.

Online Examples

# GET operation against a non-existent key or a string type key
redis> GET db
(nil)
redis> SET db redis
OK
redis> GET db
"redis"
# GET operation against a non-string key
redis> DEL db
(integer) 1
redis> LPUSH db redis mongodb mysql
(integer) 3
redis> GET db
(error) ERR Operation against a key holding the wrong kind of value

Redis Strings (string)