Redis Connector

This is an Arrow connector for Redis, making available some of the most used features of Redis.

Installation

$ appc install connector/appc.redis

Usage

If you wish to simply use the default Arrow operations, you can create and extend your own models. These models are optimized for faster Redis throughput:

var User = Arrow.Model.extend('user', {
	fields: {
		name: { type: String, required: false, validator: /[a-zA-Z]{3,}/ }
	},
	connector: 'appc.redis'
});

If you wish to keep the optimized models, but use certain generic Redis features, you need to extend the base Redis model.

var User = Arrow.Model.extend('appc.redis/base', 'user', {
	fields: {
		name: { type: String, required: false, validator: /[a-zA-Z]{3,}/ }
	}
});

If you wish to take advantage of some methods more specific to Redis, in particular expiration, you need to extend the ephemeral Redis model.

var User = Arrow.Model.extend('appc.redis/ephemeral', 'user', {
	fields: {
		name: { type: String, required: false, validator: /[a-zA-Z]{3,}/ }
	}
});

This provides you with any of the documented Redis methods below.

Configuration

Example configurations can be found in conf/. You can set any of the following on the connector:

• host
  • the hostname of the Redis server to connect to
• port
  • the port to use when connecting to the server
• opts
  • options to be passed directly to ioredis

Redis Specific Features

The Redis models implement the following Redis-specific methods:

ids([limit, ]callback)

Returns a number of keys for the Model. In essence, this is a list of all primary keys for the Model. The callback receives err and an Array of keys.

Ephemeral Model

Ephemeral models gain additional methods related to expiration. Please note that these models use a different storage technique and will be somewhat slower than the base models, so only use them if expiration is required.

expire(seconds[, callback])

Sets an expiration value on the current instance, taking an optional callback. This callback receives two arguments; err and success.

expireAt(date[, callback])

Same as the above, but taking a JavaScript Date acceptable value (it's passed straight to the constructor), rather than a number of seconds.

ids([limit, ]callback)

Returns a number of keys for the Model. In essence, this is a list of all primary keys for the Model. The callback receives err and an Array of keys.

persist([callback])

Removes an expiration on an instance. This callback receives two arguments; err and success.

ttl(callback)

Returns the time-to-live of a given instance, as defined by a previously set expiration. Callback receives err and ttl (in seconds).

Development

This section is for individuals developing the Redis Connector and not intended for end-users.

npm install
node app.js

Running Unit Tests

When running the tests remember that appc.redis will use database 15 for testing and will empty it. You can override this using the testDB environment variable if needed.

npm test

Contributing

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