How to switch from hmset() to hset() in Redis?

Question

I get the deprication warning, that Redis.hmset() is deprecated. Use Redis.hset() instead.

However hset() takes a third parameter and I can't figure out what name is supposed to be.

info = {'users': 10, "timestamp": datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}
r.hmset("myKey", info)

The above works, but this requires a first parameter called name.

r.hset(name, "myKey", info)

Comparing the hset vs hmset in docs isn't clear to me.

Answer 1

hmset(name, mapping): given a hash name ("myKey") and a dictionary (info) set all key/value pairs.

hset(name, key=None, value=None, mapping=None): given a hash name ("myKey") a key and a value, set the key/value. Alternatively, given a dictionary (mapping=info) set all key/value pairs in mapping.

Source: https://redis-py.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

If this does not work, perhaps you need to update the library?

Answer 2

The problem is that you must specify within hset() that you are giving it the mapping. In your case:

r.hset("myKey", mapping=info)

instead of

r.hset("myKey", info)