not able to insert data using ZADD(sorted set ) in redis using python

Question

I would like to insert data into sorted set in redis using python to do complex queries like on range etc.

import redis
redisClient = redis.StrictRedis(host='localhost', port=6379,db=0)

redisClient.zadd("players",1,"rishu")

but when i run the the above piece of code ,i get the following error as

AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'items'

What am i doing wrong here.used this link for reference https://pythontic.com/database/redis/sorted%20set%20-%20add%20and%20remove%20elements

Answer 1

@TheDude is almost close.

The newer version of redis from (redis-py 3.0), the method signature has changed. Along with ZADD, MSET and MSETNX signatures were also changed.

The old signature was:

data = "hello world"
score = 1 
redis.zadd("redis_key_name", data, score) # not used in redis-py > 3.0

The new signature is:

data = "hello world"
score = 1 

redis.zadd("redis_key_name", {data: score})

To add multiple at once:

data1 = "foo"
score1 = 10

data2 = "bar"
score2 = 20

redis.zadd("redis_key_name", {data1: score1, data2: score2})

Instead of args/kwargs, a dict is expected, with key as data and value is the ZADD score. There are no changes in retrieving the data back.

Answer 2

rediscleint.execute_command('ZADD', "rishu", 1, "123").this one works ...trying to figure how to add elements to sorted sets without using execute_command approach.