redis-lua
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A Lua client library for the redis key value storage system.


== USAGE:

  * Include redis-lua in your script:

    require 'redis'

  * Connect to a redis-server instance and send a PING command:

    local redis = Redis.connect('127.0.0.1', 6379)
    local response = redis:ping()           -- true

  * Set and get a key+value:

    redis:set('usr:nrk', 10)
    redis:set('usr:nobody', 5)
    local value = redis:get('usr:nrk')      -- 10

  * Increment and decrement integer values:

    redis:increment('usr:nrk')              -- 11
    redis:decrement_by('usr:nobody', 3)     -- 2

  * Return all the keys matching the specified pattern:

    local keys = redis:keys('usr:*')        -- {'usr:nrk','usr:nobody'}

  * Sort list values by using various parameters supported by the server:

    for _,v in ipairs({ 10,3,2,6,1,4,23 }) do 
        redis:push_tail('usr:nrk:ids',v)
    end

    local sorted = redis:sort('usr:nrk:ids', { 
         sort = 'asc', alpha = true, limit = { 1, 5 }
    })      -- {1= 10, 2= 2 , 3= 23, 4= 3, 5= 4}

  * Get infos from the server:

    for k,v in pairs(redis:info()) do print(k .. ' => ' .. v) end
    --[[
        total_connections_received => 5
        db0 =>  keys=8,expires=0
        uptime_in_days => 0
        uptime_in_seconds => 16
        connected_slaves => 0
        connected_clients => 1
        role => master
        last_save_time => 1245612714
        used_memory => 3378
        total_commands_processed => 14
        changes_since_last_save => 10
        bgsave_in_progress => 0
        redis_version => 0.900
    ]]


== TODO:

  * improve methods such as connect and get_multiple
  * redis-lua actually needs more error-checking code
  * complete the test suite
  * write more docs


== REQUIREMENTS:

  * LuaSocket: http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~diego/professional/luasocket/
  * Telescope (required by the test suite): http://telescope.luaforge.net/