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Use CLIENT GETNAME to read the name assigned to the current connection with CLIENT SETNAME. Connections start without a name and the reply is null until one is set. The name belongs to a single connection and is lost when it closes; it exists to make connections recognizable in CLIENT LIST output when you are debugging which part of an application is doing what.

Syntax

Arguments

This command takes no arguments.

Important points

  • This is a connection-oriented command and is available over native Redis TCP, not the stateless REST endpoint.
  • This command can expose administrative information or make a broad destructive change. Restrict it to trusted code paths.

Response

The reply reports the result of the operation. Error replies have the same shape in RESP2 and RESP3 and are surfaced as exceptions by the SDKs below.
Client libraries often decode bulk strings, maps, sets, and numeric strings into language-native values. The table describes the Redis wire reply.

Examples

TCP examples use the TLS REDIS_URL from the Upstash console. REST examples use UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL and UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN.