How to set/get pandas.DataFrame to/from Redis?

Question

After setting a DataFrame to redis, then getting it back, redis returns a string and I can\'t figure out a way to convert this str to a DataFrame.

How can I do these

Answer 1

I couldn't use msgpack because of Decimal objects in my dataframe. Instead I combined pickle and zlib together like this, assuming a dataframe df and a local instance of Redis:

import pickle
import redis
import zlib

EXPIRATION_SECONDS = 600

r = redis.StrictRedis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0)

# Set
r.setex("key", EXPIRATION_SECONDS, zlib.compress( pickle.dumps(df)))

# Get
rehydrated_df = pickle.loads(zlib.decompress(r.get("key")))

There isn't anything dataframe specific about this.

Caveats

• the other answer using msgpack is better -- use it if it works for you
• pickling can be dangerous -- your Redis server needs to be secure or you're asking for trouble