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# XAUTOCLAIM

> Changes the ownership of pending messages from one consumer to another in a stream consumer group.

## Arguments

<ParamField body="key" type="string" required>
  The key of the stream.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="group" type="string" required>
  The consumer group name.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="consumer" type="string" required>
  The consumer name that will claim the messages.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="minIdleTime" type="number" required>
  The minimum idle time in milliseconds for messages to be claimed.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="start" type="string" required>
  The stream entry ID to start claiming from.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="options" type="object">
  <Expandable title="options">
    <ParamField body="count" type="number">
      The maximum number of messages to claim.
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="justid" type="boolean">
      Return only the message IDs instead of the full message data.
    </ParamField>
  </Expandable>
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField type="[string, Array<[string, string[]]>, string[]]">
  Returns a tuple containing:

  * Next start ID for pagination
  * Array of claimed messages (ID and field-value pairs)
  * Array of deleted message IDs
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```ts Basic autoclaim theme={"system"}
  const result = await redis.xautoclaim(
    "mystream",
    "mygroup", 
    "consumer1",
    60000,
    "0-0"
  );
  ```

  ```ts With count and justid theme={"system"}
  const result = await redis.xautoclaim(
    "mystream",
    "mygroup",
    "consumer1", 
    60000,
    "0-0",
    { count: 5, justid: true }
  );
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```ts theme={"system"}
  [
    "1638360173533-1", // next start ID
    [["1638360173533-0", ["field1", "value1", "field2", "value2"]]], // claimed messages
    [] // deleted message IDs
  ]
  ```
</ResponseExample>