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HPEXPIREAT

Sets an expiration time for field(s) in a hash in milliseconds since the Unix epoch.
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Arguments#

keystringrequired#

The key of the hash.

fieldsstring | number | (string | number)[]required#

The field(s) to set an expiration time for.

timestampnumberrequired#

The expiration time as a Unix timestamp in milliseconds.

optionstring#

Optional condition for setting the expiration:

  • NX: Set the expiration only if the field does not already have an expiration.
  • XX: Set the expiration only if the field already has an expiration.
  • GT: Set the expiration only if the new TTL is greater than the current TTL.
  • LT: Set the expiration only if the new TTL is less than the current TTL.

Response#

number[]required

A list of integers indicating whether the expiry was successfully set.

  • -2 if the field does not exist in the hash or if key doesn't exist.
  • 0 if the expiration was not set due to the condition.
  • 1 if the expiration was successfully set.
  • 2 if called with 0 seconds/milliseconds or a past Unix time.

For more details, see HPEXPIREAT documentation.