valkey-py
Python · valkey-py 6.1.1 · RESP2
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Tested connection settings
protocol=2
Test target: 127.0.0.1:6379, username default, fixture password manual-test-only, default database. This password is only for the disposable local test container.
Verified operations
- authenticated PING
- SET
- Unicode GET
- missing GET
- binary round trip
- HSET
- HGETALL
- LRANGE
- pipeline
- MULTI/EXEC
- Lua EVAL
- PX/PTTL
- reconnect
Coverage is limited to the exact API calls and assertions in the program below.
Executable test example
This program ran inside the isolated Docker image. It contains multiple client branches; this page uses the arguments below. Dependencies and compilation steps are in the test directory's Dockerfile.
"/opt/python/bin/python" "/clients/python-client.py" valkey 2View the complete executed source
"""Run: python3 python-client.py redis|valkey|glide [2|3]. Fixture only."""
import asyncio
import importlib.metadata
import json
import sys
library = sys.argv[1]
protocol = int(sys.argv[2]) if len(sys.argv) > 2 else 3
checks = []
def check(feature, value, expected):
assert value == expected, (feature, value, expected)
checks.append(feature)
def standard():
if library == "redis":
from redis import Redis as Client
else:
from valkey import Valkey as Client
client = Client(host="127.0.0.1", port=6379, username="default", password="manual-test-only",
protocol=protocol, socket_timeout=5, socket_connect_timeout=5)
try:
check("authenticated PING", client.ping(), True)
client.delete("client:text", "client:hash", "client:list", "client:counter")
check("SET", client.set("client:text", "Hello 世界"), True)
check("Unicode GET", client.get("client:text"), "Hello 世界".encode())
check("missing GET", client.get("client:missing"), None)
client.set("client:binary", b"\x00\xff\r\n")
check("binary round trip", client.get("client:binary"), b"\x00\xff\r\n")
check("HSET", client.hset("client:hash", "field", "value"), 1)
check("HGETALL", client.hgetall("client:hash"), {b"field": b"value"})
client.rpush("client:list", "a", "b")
check("LRANGE", client.lrange("client:list", 0, -1), [b"a", b"b"])
pipe = client.pipeline(transaction=False)
pipe.set("client:counter", "1").incr("client:counter").get("client:counter")
check("pipeline", pipe.execute(), [True, 2, b"2"])
tx = client.pipeline(transaction=True)
tx.set("client:counter", "3").incr("client:counter")
check("MULTI/EXEC", tx.execute(), [True, 4])
check("Lua EVAL", client.eval("return redis.call('GET',KEYS[1])", 1, "client:counter"), b"4")
client.set("client:expiry", "value", px=60000)
ttl = client.pttl("client:expiry")
check("PX/PTTL", 0 < ttl <= 60000, True)
client.connection_pool.disconnect()
check("reconnect", client.get("client:text"), "Hello 世界".encode())
finally:
client.close()
async def glide():
from glide import GlideClient, GlideClientConfiguration, NodeAddress, ServerCredentials, ProtocolVersion
client = await GlideClient.create(GlideClientConfiguration(
addresses=[NodeAddress("127.0.0.1", 6379)],
credentials=ServerCredentials(password="manual-test-only", username="default"),
protocol=ProtocolVersion.RESP3, request_timeout=5000))
try:
check("authenticated PING", await client.ping(), b"PONG")
check("SET", await client.set("glide:text", "Hello 世界"), "OK")
check("Unicode GET", await client.get("glide:text"), "Hello 世界".encode())
check("missing GET", await client.get("glide:missing"), None)
await client.set("glide:binary", b"\x00\xff\r\n")
check("binary round trip", await client.get("glide:binary"), b"\x00\xff\r\n")
await client.hset("glide:hash", {"field": "value"})
check("HGET", await client.hget("glide:hash", "field"), b"value")
check("Lua EVAL (raw API)", await client.custom_command(["EVAL", "return redis.call('GET',KEYS[1])", "1", "glide:text"]), "Hello 世界".encode())
finally:
await client.close()
if library == "glide": asyncio.run(glide())
else: standard()
package = {"redis": "redis", "valkey": "valkey", "glide": "valkey-glide"}[library]
print(json.dumps({"library": package, "version": importlib.metadata.version(package), "protocol": protocol, "checks": checks, "status": "passed"}))
Official client repository · Dependencies and reproduction
Test environment & reproducible evidence
Verified: 2026-09-21T11:15:27Z · Docker / Linux aarch64 · lavik 0.1.0-beta.1
Storage & connection: io_uring · temporary file, 2 workers, standalone, plaintext TCP, password authentication. This test does not measure NVMe performance.
Pinned source: 3955b98d43b312324aa8d52775df52cfb111c0d0
Binary SHA-256: 8306b37ddf05023f85166a6aa2192b7084757e8defd342b602e6470244aca887
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