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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""Providing a Valkey database for the botdetection methods."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import valkey
+
+__all__ = ["set_valkey_client", "get_valkey_client"]
+
+CLIENT: valkey.Valkey | None = None
+"""Global Valkey DB connection (Valkey client object)."""
+
+
+def set_valkey_client(valkey_client: valkey.Valkey):
+    global CLIENT  # pylint: disable=global-statement
+    CLIENT = valkey_client
+
+
+def get_valkey_client() -> valkey.Valkey:
+    if CLIENT is None:
+        raise ValueError("No connection to the Valkey database has been established.")
+    return CLIENT