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# GETEX

> Get value and set expiration.

Use `GETEX` to read a value and change its expiration in the same call.

`EX`, `PX`, `EXAT`, and `PXAT` set a new lifetime or deadline, and `PERSIST` removes the expiration so the key stops expiring. With no option at all the expiration is left exactly as it was, which is the difference from [`GET`](/docs/redis/commands/string/get) plus a separate [`EXPIRE`](/docs/redis/commands/generic/expire).

Doing both at once is what makes a sliding expiration correct: reading a session extends it atomically, with no window in which the key could expire between the read and the refresh.

## Syntax

```redis theme={"system"}
GETEX <key>
  [EX <seconds> | PX <milliseconds> | EXAT <unix-time-seconds> |
    PXAT <unix-time-milliseconds> | PERSIST]
```

## Arguments

| Argument                                                                                                      | Required | Repeatable | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `<key>`                                                                                                       | Yes      | No         | Redis key targeted by the command.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `(EX <seconds> \| PX <milliseconds> \| EXAT <unix-time-seconds> \| PXAT <unix-time-milliseconds> \| PERSIST)` | No       | No         | Choose one form: `EX` (set a lifetime in seconds); `PX` (set a lifetime in milliseconds); `EXAT` (expire at a Unix timestamp in seconds); `PXAT` (expire at a Unix timestamp in milliseconds); `PERSIST` (remove the expiration). Left unchanged when omitted. |

## Response

The reply reports the result of the operation. Error replies have the same shape in RESP2 and RESP3 and are surfaced as exceptions by the SDKs below.

| Protocol | Reply                                         |
| -------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| RESP2    | Bulk string or Null bulk string or null array |
| RESP3    | Bulk string or Null                           |

<Note>
  Client libraries often decode bulk strings, maps, sets, and numeric strings into language-native values. The table describes the Redis wire reply.
</Note>

## Examples

TCP examples use the TLS `REDIS_URL` from the Upstash console. REST examples use `UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL` and `UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN`.

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Redis CLI" icon="terminal">
    ```bash theme={"system"}
    GETEX my-key
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="@upstash/redis" icon="node-js" iconType="brands">
    ```ts theme={"system"}
    import { Redis } from "@upstash/redis";

    const redis = Redis.fromEnv();
    const result = await redis.getex("my-key");
    console.log(result);
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="upstash_redis" icon="python" iconType="brands">
    ```python theme={"system"}
    from upstash_redis import Redis

    redis = Redis.from_env()
    result = redis.getex("my-key")
    print(result)
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="ioredis" icon="node-js" iconType="brands">
    ```ts theme={"system"}
    import Redis from "ioredis";

    const redis = new Redis(process.env.REDIS_URL!);
    const result = await redis.getex("my-key");
    console.log(result);
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="node-redis" icon="node-js" iconType="brands">
    ```ts theme={"system"}
    import { createClient } from "redis";

    const client = await createClient({ url: process.env.REDIS_URL })
      .on("error", console.error)
      .connect();
    const result = await client.getEx("my-key", { type: "PX", value: 1000 });
    console.log(result);
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="redis-py" icon="python" iconType="brands">
    ```python theme={"system"}
    import os
    import redis

    client = redis.from_url(os.environ["REDIS_URL"])
    result = client.getex("my-key")
    print(result)
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="go-redis" icon="golang" iconType="brands">
    ```go theme={"system"}
    package main

    import (
        "context"
        "fmt"
        "os"

        "github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
    )

    func main() {
        opts, err := redis.ParseURL(os.Getenv("REDIS_URL"))
        if err != nil {
            panic(err)
        }
        client := redis.NewClient(opts)
        result, err := client.GetEx(context.Background(), "my-key", 0).Result()
        if err != nil {
            panic(err)
        }
        fmt.Println(result)
    }
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="jedis" icon="java" iconType="brands">
    ```java theme={"system"}
    import java.net.URI;
    import redis.clients.jedis.Jedis;
    import redis.clients.jedis.params.GetExParams;

    try (Jedis jedis = new Jedis(new URI(System.getenv("REDIS_URL")))) {
      Object result = jedis.getEx("my-key", GetExParams.getExParams());
      System.out.println(result);
    }
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="redis-rs" icon="rust" iconType="brands">
    ```rust theme={"system"}
    use redis::TypedCommands;

    fn main() -> redis::RedisResult<()> {
        let url = std::env::var("REDIS_URL").expect("REDIS_URL is not set");
        let client = redis::Client::open(url)?;
        let mut connection = client.get_connection()?;

        let result = connection.get_ex("my-key", redis::Expiry::PERSIST)?;
        println!("{result:?}");
        Ok(())
    }
    ```
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>


## Related topics

- [GET](/docs/redis/commands/string/get.md)