nodemcu-firmware/docs/lua-modules/redis.md

Redis Module

Since	Origin / Contributor	Maintainer	Source
2015-02-06	Vladimir Dronnikov	Vladimir Dronnikov	redis.lua

This Lua module provides a simple implementation of a Redis client.

Require

redis = dofile("redis.lua")

Release

redis = nil

redis.connect()

Function used to connect to Redis server.

Syntax

redis.connect(host, [port])

Parameters

• host Redis host name or address
• port Redis database port. Default value is 6379.

Returns

Object with rest of the functions.

!!! important

You need to start calling this `connect()` function to obtain a Redis object. All other functions are invoked on this object. Note the difference between `redis.connect()` (single dot) and `redis:subscribe()` (colon).

redis:subscribe()

Subscribe to a Redis channel.

Syntax

redis:subscribe(channel, handler)

Parameters

• channel Channel name
• handler Handler function that will be called on new message in subscribed channel

Returns

nil

redis:publish()

Publish a message to a Redis channel.

Syntax

redis:publish(channel, message)

Parameters

• channel Channel name
• message Message to publish

Returns

nil

redis:unsubscribe()

Unsubscribes from a channel.

Syntax

redis:unsubscribe(channel)

Parameters

• channel Channel name to unsubscribe from

Returns

nil

redis:close()

Function to close connection to Redis server.

Syntax

redis:close()

Parameters

None

Returns

nil

Example

local redis = dofile("redis.lua").connect(host, port)
redis:publish("chan1", "foo")
redis:subscribe("chan1", function(channel, msg) 
	print(channel, msg)
end)