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How to use Azure Redis Cache with Python

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• .NET
• ASP.NET
• Node.js
• Java
• Python

This topic shows you how to get started with Azure Redis Cache using Python.

Prerequisites

Install redis-py.

Create a Redis cache on Azure

[!INCLUDE redis-cache-create]

Retrieve the host name and access keys

[!INCLUDE redis-cache-create]

Enable the non-SSL endpoint

Some Redis clients don't support SSL, and by default the non-SSL port is disabled for new Azure Redis Cache instances. At the time of this writing, the redis-py client doesn't support SSL.

[!INCLUDE redis-cache-create]

Add something to the cache and retrieve it

>>> import redis
>>> r = redis.StrictRedis(host='<name>.redis.cache.windows.net',
      port=6380, db=0, password='<key>', ssl=True)
>>> r.set('foo', 'bar')
True
>>> r.get('foo')
b'bar'

Replace <name> with your cache name and key with your access key.