BZPOPMAX
Removes the highest-score member, waiting up to a timeout if needed.
Sorted sets · Example verified
Syntax covered here
BZPOPMAX key timeout-secondsA populated set returns its maximum immediately; a missing key returns null after the tested fractional-second timeout.
Tested example & replies
Requests below run in order against an empty database. Each connection authenticates with the fixture password first. Quoted values are strings; null is a nil reply; arrays preserve RESP order.
# connection: default
> ZADD scores 1 a 2 b
2
# connection: default
> BZPOPMAX scores 0.1
["scores","b","2"]
# connection: default
> BZPOPMAX missing-zset 0.1
null