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FAQ
Short, current answers. Anything deeper links out to the guide that owns the topic.
Frequently asked
Can I connect with a real Redis client (redis-cli, ioredis, redis-py, Lettuce, Jedis, RedisTemplate)?
Yes — that is what the Redis gateway is for: point the client at the one-line connection string with your database API key as the AUTH password. RESP2 and RESP3 (HELLO) both work, and the database is always 0. See the Redis gateway page.
What is the connection string for a database?
One string: redis://:<active API key>@<gateway-host>:<port>/0 — shown on the database page with a copy action. The credential in it is the database's active API key; the database is always 0. Any native Redis client dials it unchanged.
Can I create a second API key for one database?
No — exactly one active key per database. A second mint returns 409 ERR_CONFLICT. To rotate: revoke, then mint. Plaintext is shown exactly once and stored hashed.
I lost my API key plaintext. Now what?
Revoke it and mint a new one. The plaintext is unrecoverable by design — losing it costs you one revoke-and-replace, not your data.
Are values just strings?
The strings endpoint stores strings — JSON.stringify structures before storing. The command plane supports the wider Redis types: lists, sets, hashes and sorted sets with full engine semantics.
Do expired keys need cleanup?
No. Expiry is enforced server-side: the first read after expiry removes the key and answers 404 / nil. There is no sweeper, cron or restart logic to run.
Does the web console use a different API?
No. The console is a regular client of the same data plane your code calls — what you test in the dashboard is exactly what your app runs.
Why is my cache data disappearing after a day?
Probably not a bug: plain writes inherit the 24-hour default TTL. For data that must outlive a day, arm EX / expiresInMs on each write or re-arm with the expire endpoint. See the TTL policy page.
Can scripts, transactions and pub/sub be used?
No: EVAL, MULTI/EXEC/WATCH and SUBSCRIBE are documented platform boundaries — they conflict with per-request isolation. The verbs answer -ERR unknown command like any Redis verb a server does not know.
Still stuck?
If something in these pages is unclear, wrong, or you are blocked on anything — write to rahulgheek2@gmail.com and it gets fixed; the docs improve with every message.