redis-node-client

A Redis client implementation for Node which runs atop Google V8.

This project lets you access a Redis instance using server-side JavaScript.

Asynchronicity

Node does not block, period.

This means that while a typical Redis client might have code that accesses a Redis server in a blocking call, Node-based code cannot.

Typical Redis client (e.g. Python):

foo = client.get('counter')

This Node-based Redis client:

var foo = client.get('counter', function(value) { 
  puts("counter = " + value) 
});

That is, you must supply a callback function that is called when Redis returns, even if Redis queries are extremely fast.

A potential upside to this slightly awkward requirement is that you can enjoy the benefits of pipelining many Redis queries in a non-blocking way. Redis returns replies for requests in the order received.

See the test.js file as a good example of this.

Status

• The full Redis 1.0 command specification is supported.
• All tests pass.
• See the TODO file for known issues.

Author

Brian Hammond, Fictorial