How to store and retrieve a dictionary with redis

Question

# I have the dictionary my_dict
my_dict = {
    \'var1\' : 5
    \'var2\' : 9
}
r = redis.StrictRedis()

How would I store my_dict and retrieve it w

Answer 1

If you want to store a python dict in redis, it is better to store it as json string.

import redis

r = redis.StrictRedis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0)
mydict = { 'var1' : 5, 'var2' : 9, 'var3': [1, 5, 9] }
rval = json.dumps(mydict)
r.set('key1', rval)

While retrieving de-serialize it using json.loads

data = r.get('key1')
result = json.loads(data)
arr = result['var3']

What about types (eg.bytes) that are not serialized by json functions ?

You can write encoder/decoder functions for types that cannot be serialized by json functions. eg. writing base64/ascii encoder/decoder function for byte array.