GET(3valkey)

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version 9.0.6 · 2 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 GET(3valkey) — the Valkey Command Manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so. welcome to the GET page of the Valkey Command Manual 🎀 this is genuinely one of the most iconic commands in the whole game, like the main character of key-value storage fr fr.

✨ NAME ✨

get — returns the string value of a key. that's it. that's the whole job. and she does it flawlessly 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

GET key

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Get the value of key. 🫶

So like, if the key does not exist, you get the special value nil back. not an error, not a crash, just a lil nil like "nobody's home bestie 🏠💨".

⚠️ BUT. If the value stored at key is not a string, you get an error. Because GET only handles string values. She's a string specialist, okay? don't ask her to do lists, don't ask her to do hashes. she will simply refuse. it's giving boundaries 💀

💌 REPLY 💌

RESP2

one of the following, no in-between:

RESP3

one of the following, same energy, slightly different name:

(yeah the difference is literally just Nil vs Null, we love a protocol glow-up ✨)

⚡ COMPLEXITY ⚡

O(1)

constant time baby!! no scanning, no searching, no waiting. instant. iconic. the way she just knows 🔥

👑 ACL CATEGORIES 👑

@fast @read @string

fast ✔️ read ✔️ string ✔️ — a true triple threat 💅

📜 HISTORY 📜

  • Available since: 1.0.0 🕰️ — yeah she's been here since day one. veteran behavior. no cap.

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

127.0.0.1:6379> GET nonexisting
(nil)
127.0.0.1:6379> SET mykey "Hello"
OK
127.0.0.1:6379> GET mykey
"Hello"

see how the first one just goes (nil)? that's the "key not found" vibe check failing 😭 and then we SET a value, get an OK, and GET it right back out as "Hello". flawless. ate. no crumbs. 🍓

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

and that's the whole page bestie 💖 go forth and GET responsibly.

this was brought to you by Valkey version 9.0.0, dated 2025-10-21 — the GET(3valkey) page, mwah 💋

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