Welcome to Valkey GLIDE!

Valkey General Language Independent Driver for the Enterprise (GLIDE) is the official open-source Valkey client library, proudly part of the Valkey organization. Our mission is to make your experience with Valkey and Redis OSS seamless and enjoyable. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting out, Valkey GLIDE is here to support you every step of the way.

Why Choose Valkey GLIDE?

• Community and Open Source: Join our vibrant community and contribute to the project. We are always here to respond, and the client is for the community.
• Reliability: Built with best practices learned from over a decade of operating Redis OSS-compatible services.
• Performance: Optimized for high performance and low latency.
• High Availability: Designed to ensure your applications are always up and running.
• Cross-Language Support: Implemented using a core driver framework written in Rust, with language-specific extensions to ensure consistency and reduce complexity.
• Stability and Fault Tolerance: We brought our years of experience to create a bulletproof client.
• Backed and Supported by AWS and GCP: Ensuring robust support and continuous improvement of the project.

Documentation

See GLIDE's documentation site.
Visit our wiki for examples and further details on TLS, Read strategy, Timeouts and various other configurations.

Supported Engine Versions

Refer to the Supported Engine Versions table for details.

Getting Started - Python Wrapper

System Requirements

The release of Valkey GLIDE was tested on the following platforms:

Linux:

• Ubuntu 20 (x86_64/amd64 and arm64/aarch64)
• Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) and 2023 (AL2023) (x86_64)

Note: Currently Alpine Linux / MUSL is NOT supported.

macOS:

• macOS 14.7 (Apple silicon/aarch_64)
• macOS 13.7 (x86_64/amd64)

Python Supported Versions

Python Version
3.9
3.10
3.11
3.12
3.13

Valkey GLIDE transparently supports both the asyncio and trio concurrency frameworks.

Installation and Setup

✅ Async Client

To install the async version:

pip install valkey-glide

Verify installation:

python3
>>> import glide

✅ Sync Client

To install the sync version:

pip install valkey-glide-sync

Verify installation:

python3
>>> import glide_sync

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Basic Examples

🔁 Async Client

✅ Async Cluster Mode

import asyncio
from glide import GlideClusterClientConfiguration, NodeAddress, GlideClusterClient

async def test_cluster_client():
    addresses = [NodeAddress("address.example.com", 6379)]
    # It is recommended to set a timeout for your specific use case
    config = GlideClusterClientConfiguration(addresses, request_timeout=500)  # 500ms timeout
    client = await GlideClusterClient.create(config)
    set_result = await client.set("foo", "bar")
    print(f"Set response is {set_result}")
    get_result = await client.get("foo")
    print(f"Get response is {get_result}")

asyncio.run(test_cluster_client())

✅ Async Standalone Mode

import asyncio
from glide import GlideClientConfiguration, NodeAddress, GlideClient

async def test_standalone_client():
    addresses = [
        NodeAddress("server_primary.example.com", 6379),
        NodeAddress("server_replica.example.com", 6379)
    ]
    # It is recommended to set a timeout for your specific use case
    config = GlideClientConfiguration(addresses, request_timeout=500)  # 500ms timeout
    client = await GlideClient.create(config)
    set_result = await client.set("foo", "bar")
    print(f"Set response is {set_result}")
    get_result = await client.get("foo")
    print(f"Get response is {get_result}")

asyncio.run(test_standalone_client())

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🔂 Sync Client

✅ Sync Cluster Mode

from glide_sync import GlideClusterClientConfiguration, NodeAddress, GlideClusterClient

def test_cluster_client():
    addresses = [NodeAddress("address.example.com", 6379)]
    # It is recommended to set a timeout for your specific use case
    config = GlideClusterClientConfiguration(addresses, request_timeout=500)  # 500ms timeout
    client = GlideClusterClient.create(config)
    set_result = client.set("foo", "bar")
    print(f"Set response is {set_result}")
    get_result = client.get("foo")
    print(f"Get response is {get_result}")

test_cluster_client()

✅ Sync Standalone Mode

from glide_sync import GlideClientConfiguration, NodeAddress, GlideClient

def test_standalone_client():
    addresses = [
        NodeAddress("server_primary.example.com", 6379),
        NodeAddress("server_replica.example.com", 6379)
    ]
    # It is recommended to set a timeout for your specific use case
    config = GlideClientConfiguration(addresses, request_timeout=500)  # 500ms timeout
    client = GlideClient.create(config)
    set_result = client.set("foo", "bar")
    print(f"Set response is {set_result}")
    get_result = client.get("foo")
    print(f"Get response is {get_result}")

test_standalone_client()

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For complete examples with error handling, please refer to:

• Async Cluster Example
• Async Standalone Example

Building & Testing

Development instructions for local building & testing the package are in the DEVELOPER.md file.

Community and Feedback

We encourage you to join our community to support, share feedback, and ask questions. You can approach us for anything on our Valkey Slack: Join Valkey Slack.