Redis Python - how to delete all keys according to a specific pattern In python, without python iterating

Question

I\'m writing a django management command to handle some of our redis caching. Basically, I need to choose all keys, that confirm to a certain pattern (for example: \"prefix:

Answer 1

You can use a specific pattern to match all keys and delete them:

import redis
client = redis.Redis(host='192.168.1.106', port=6379,
                password='pass', decode_responses=True)
for key in client.keys('prefix:*'):
    client.delete(key)