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+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# Connection Examples"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Connecting to a default Redis instance, running locally."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 2,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
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+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 2,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "import redis\n",
+    "\n",
+    "connection = redis.Redis()\n",
+    "connection.ping()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "### by default Redis return binary responses, to decode them use decode_responses=True"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 3,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
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+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 3,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "import redis\n",
+    "\n",
+    "decoded_connection = redis.Redis(decode_responses=True)\n",
+    "decoded_connection.ping()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Connecting to a redis instance, specifying a host and port with credentials."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 4,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 4,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "import redis\n",
+    "\n",
+    "user_connection = redis.Redis(host='localhost', port=6380, username='dvora', password='redis', decode_responses=True)\n",
+    "user_connection.ping()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Connecting to Redis instances by specifying a URL scheme.\n",
+    "Parameters are passed to the following schems, as parameters to the url scheme.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Three URL schemes are supported:\n",
+    "\n",
+    "- `redis://` creates a TCP socket connection. <https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/prov/redis>\n",
+    "- `rediss://` creates a SSL wrapped TCP socket connection. <https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/prov/rediss>\n",
+    "- ``unix://``: creates a Unix Domain Socket connection.\n"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 7,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 7,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "url_connection = redis.from_url(\"redis://localhost:6379?decode_responses=True&health_check_interval=2\")\n",
+    "\n",
+    "url_connection.ping()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Connecting to a Sentinel instance"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "from redis.sentinel import Sentinel\n",
+    "sentinel = Sentinel([('localhost', 26379)], socket_timeout=0.1)\n",
+    "sentinel.discover_master(\"redis-py-test\")"
+   ]
+  }
+ ],
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