Redis Product Cache API

An Express.js + TypeScript API that fetches product data from MongoDB and caches the result using ioredis for improved performance.
Ideal for learning Redis caching, API optimization, and working with Mongoose models.

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🚀 Features

• Fetches product data using Mongoose
• Redis caching with automatic fallback
• TypeScript, Express, and ioredis integration
• JSON response optimization
• Cache expires every 30 seconds

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📦 Technologies Used

• Node.js
• Express.js
• TypeScript
• MongoDB + Mongoose
• Redis (via ioredis)

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📂 Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/developersajadur/Redis-Cache-Learning
cd Redis-Cache-Learning

2. Install Dependencies

npm install

3. Create .env File

PORT=5000
DATABASE_URL=your-mongodb-uri

5. Install & Run Redis ✅ Option 1: Download Redis for Windows Download the Redis-x64-3.2.100.zip or similar

Extract it and run redis-server.exe (You can add it to PATH or run from CMD directly)

✅ Option 2: Use Docker (Recommended)

docker run --name redis-server -p 6379:6379 -d redis

6. Run the Project

npm run dev

🛠 Development Scripts Script Description npm run dev Start app in dev mode npm run build Compile TypeScript npm start Run compiled app

🔗 Useful Links 📘 ioredis NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ioredis

🧱 Redis for Windows: https://github.com/microsoftarchive/redis/releases

📦 Redis Docker Image: https://hub.docker.com/_/redis