redis-serverclient

A no-brainer Redis server + client singleton for node Apps

This npm package uses 'redis-server' and 'redis' npm packages and seves as a singleton wrapper over these awesome npm packages.

Whats New

1. Optimized for Digital OCean

Installation

1. Install redis server first
   a. Windows
   b. Mac OS X brew install redis
   c. Linux

2. Test Redis installation and port
   a. Run redis-server on a terminal
   b. Run redis-cli on another terminal and check if it connects
   c. If everything goes well, close both the terminals.

3. Install redis-serverclient package npm i --save redis-serverclient

Usage

You can check the test.js file on how to use it. This is pretty simple and straight-forward.

Initiation

// file: app.js

  const redis=require('redis-serverclient');
  redis.init(function(err){
  	if(err)
    	console.log('Redis Error: ',err);
    console.log('Redis running successfully!');
  });

This will initiate redis server and client. You can pass an optional port redis.init(6379,function(err){....
If port is not passed, the default port used will be 6379.

Since redis-serverclient is singleton, you need to initialize it only once in main/index.js file. Require it anywhere and it would maintain the same state.

Set a value

  const redis=require('redis-serverclient');
  
  redis.client.set('name','Gangadhar');

redis.client exposes a redis object from the respective npm package. So, use it as you would use var redisClient=require('redis');.

Get a value

  const redis=require('redis-serverclient');
  
  redis.client.get('name',function(err,reply){
  	console.log('reply: ',reply);
  });

Close Redis instance

redis.close();

This will close the active redis server AND client instance and any firther commands will be halted. Use this when your server is shutting down else, you may end up with error 'Address already in use'.

Access client & server seperately

You may want to individually access the redis client and server, which you can easily get by redis.client and redis.server, respectively.

Copyright Notice

This package is free to use both commercially and personally without any limitations. However, the author shall not be liable for any damage occured during usage of this software.

'redis-server' and 'redis' packages are fully owned by their own authors(whose links are provided with the hyperlinks) and not me.