Allow updating redis key expiry when getting values

redis/redis.go

@@ -184,14 +184,16 @@ func (r ClientWithHelpers) SetObjectByKeyIndefinitely(key string, object interfa
 
 }
 
-func GetObjectByKey[T any](redisClient *ClientWithHelpers, key string, object T) *T {
+// GetObjectByKey fetches an object from Redis by key. If the key does not exist or there is an error, it returns nil.
+// If an expiry is provided, it will both fetch the key and update its expiry.
+func GetObjectByKey[T any](redisClient *ClientWithHelpers, key string, object T, expiry ...time.Duration) *T {
 	// Make sure we have a Redis client, and it is connected
 	if redisClient == nil || !redisClient.IsConnected() {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	// Get the object from Redis
-	jsonString := redisClient.GetValueByKey(key)
+	jsonString := redisClient.GetValueByKey(key, expiry...)
 	if jsonString == "" {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -205,12 +207,20 @@ func GetObjectByKey[T any](redisClient *ClientWithHelpers, key string, object T)
 	return &object
 }
 
-func (r ClientWithHelpers) GetValueByKey(key string) string {
+// GetValueByKey fetches a value from Redis by key. If the key does not exist or there is an error, it returns an empty
+// string. If an expiry is provided, it will both fetch the key and update its expiry.
+func (r ClientWithHelpers) GetValueByKey(key string, expiry ...time.Duration) string {
 	if !r.IsConnected() {
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	jsonString, err := r.Client.Get(ctx, key).Result()
+	var jsonString string
+	var err error
+	if len(expiry) > 0 {
+		jsonString, err = r.Client.GetEx(ctx, key, expiry[0]).Result()
+	} else {
+		jsonString, err = r.Client.Get(ctx, key).Result()
+	}
 	if err == redis.Nil { /* Key does not exist */
 		return ""
 	} else if err != nil { /* Actual error */