# A more efficient Redis lock

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-more-efficient-redis-lock/177841>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [January 31, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-more-efficient-redis-lock/177841 "2021-01-31T13:10:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-more-efficient-redis-lock/177841/2 "2021-01-31T23:22:15Z")

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Per [Develop with Redis | Docs](https://redis.io/topics/distlock)

We can probably junk the whole transaction and do a set with with the px and nx options

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