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Use PSUBSCRIBE to subscribe the current connection to channels by glob-style pattern. A pattern such as news.* matches every channel that starts with news., including channels created after the subscription, which is what makes patterns useful for topic hierarchies. ? matches a single character and [...] a character class. Pattern subscriptions are tracked separately from the exact-channel subscriptions made with SUBSCRIBE, and a message that matches several of a connection’s patterns is delivered once per matching pattern, so overlapping patterns produce duplicates. Cancel a pattern with PUNSUBSCRIBE, passing exactly the same pattern string.

Syntax

Arguments

Important points

  • This is a connection-oriented command and is available over native Redis TCP, not the stateless REST endpoint.
  • Subscription commands require a dedicated TCP connection. In RESP3, subscription events use push replies.

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.

Related topics

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