Redis TYPE – How to get datatype of value store in key

5 years ago Lalit Bhagtani 0

In this tutorial, we will learn about how to get the datatype of a value store in the key. Values in redis datastore can be of different datatype like String, List, Set, Sorted Set etc. To get the data type of a value, we will use the COMMAND – TYPE in redis-cli. The syntax of redis TYPE command is as follows :-

Syntax :-

redis host:post> TYPE <key name>

Output :- 

- string representing data type of a value.
- none, if key does not exist.

Example :-

Redis Type

References :-

  1. TYPE Command Docs

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