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# ECHO

Returns a message back to you. Useful for debugging the connection.

## Arguments

<ParamField body="message" type="str" required>
  A message to send to the server.
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField type="str" required>
  The same message you sent.
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
```py Example
assert redis.echo("hello world") == "hello world"
```
</RequestExample>