Getting Started

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)

Caution

Currently Alpine Linux / MUSL is NOT supported.

macOS:

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

Python Supported Versions

We currently support Python 3.9 to 3.13

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

Installation and Setup

The Python client is available in synchronous and asynchronous version:

Asynchronous

pip3 install valkey-glide

Synchrous

pip3 install valkey-glide-sync

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())

Examples: 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()

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 section.