redis.set("key1", "Hello")
redis.rename("key1", "key2")

assert redis.get("key1") is None
assert redis.get("key2") == "Hello"

# Renaming a nonexistent key throws an exception
redis.rename("nonexistent", "key3")

Renames a key and overwrites the new key if it already exists.

Throws an exception if the key does not exist.

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Arguments

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source
str
required

The original key.

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destination
str
required

A new name for the key.

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Response

True if key was renamed

redis.set("key1", "Hello")
redis.rename("key1", "key2")

assert redis.get("key1") is None
assert redis.get("key2") == "Hello"

# Renaming a nonexistent key throws an exception
redis.rename("nonexistent", "key3")