EXPIRE

Sets a key's remaining lifetime in seconds.

Keys & expiration · Example verified

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EXPIRE key seconds

PTTL verifies a positive remaining lifetime afterward; expiry applies to the whole key.

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
> SET sample value
"OK"
# connection: default
> EXPIRE sample 60
1
# connection: default
> PTTL sample
60000