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Plugin to share a common Redis connection across Fastify.
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# @fastify/redis
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Fastify Redis connection plugin; with this you can share the same Redis connection in every part of your server.
## Install
```
npm i @fastify/redis
```
### Compatibility
| Plugin version | Fastify version |
| ---------------|-----------------|
| `>=7.x` | `^5.x` |
| `^6.x` | `^4.x` |
| `>=4.x <6.x` | `^3.x` |
| `^3.x` | `^2.x` |
| `>=1.x <3.x` | `^1.x` |
Please note that if a Fastify version is out of support, then so are the corresponding versions of this plugin
in the table above.
See [Fastify's LTS policy](https://github.com/fastify/fastify/blob/main/docs/Reference/LTS.md) for more details.
## Usage
Add it to your project with `register` and you are done!
### Create a new Redis Client
Under the hood [ioredis](https://github.com/luin/ioredis) is used as client, the ``options`` that you pass to `register` will be passed to the Redis client.
```js
const fastify = require('fastify')()
// create by specifying host
fastify.register(require('@fastify/redis'), { host: '127.0.0.1' })
// OR by specifying Redis URL
fastify.register(require('@fastify/redis'), { url: 'redis://127.0.0.1', /* other redis options */ })
// OR with more options
fastify.register(require('@fastify/redis'), {
host: '127.0.0.1',
password: '***',
port: 6379, // Redis port
family: 4 // 4 (IPv4) or 6 (IPv6)
})
```
### Accessing the Redis Client
Once you have registered your plugin, you can access the Redis client via `fastify.redis`.
The client is automatically closed when the fastify instance is closed.
```js
'use strict'
const Fastify = require('fastify')
const fastifyRedis = require('@fastify/redis')
const fastify = Fastify({ logger: true })
fastify.register(fastifyRedis, {
host: '127.0.0.1',
password: 'your strong password here',
port: 6379, // Redis port
family: 4 // 4 (IPv4) or 6 (IPv6)
})
fastify.get('/foo', (req, reply) => {
const { redis } = fastify
redis.get(req.query.key, (err, val) => {
reply.send(err || val)
})
})
fastify.post('/foo', (req, reply) => {
const { redis } = fastify
redis.set(req.body.key, req.body.value, (err) => {
reply.send(err || { status: 'ok' })
})
})
fastify.listen({ port: 3000 }, err => {
if (err) throw err
console.log(`server listening on ${fastify.server.address().port}`)
})
```
### Using an existing Redis client
You may also supply an existing *Redis* client instance by passing an options
object with the `client` property set to the instance. In this case,
the client is not automatically closed when the Fastify instance is
closed.
```js
'use strict'
const fastify = require('fastify')()
const Redis = require('ioredis')
const client = new Redis({ host: 'localhost', port: 6379 })
fastify.register(require('@fastify/redis'), { client })
```
You can also supply a *Redis Cluster* instance to the client:
```js
'use strict'
const fastify = require('fastify')()
const Redis = require('ioredis')
const client = new Redis.Cluster([{ host: 'localhost', port: 6379 }]);
fastify.register(require('@fastify/redis'), { client })
```
Note: by default, *@fastify/redis* will **not** automatically close the client
connection when the Fastify server shuts down.
To automatically close the client connection, set clientClose to true.
```js
fastify.register(require('@fastify/redis'), { client, closeClient: true })
```
## Registering multiple Redis client instances
By using the `namespace` option you can register multiple Redis client instances.
```js
'use strict'
const fastify = require('fastify')()
fastify
.register(require('@fastify/redis'), {
host: '127.0.0.1',
port: 6380,
namespace: 'hello'
})
.register(require('@fastify/redis'), {
client: redis,
namespace: 'world'
})
// Here we will use the `hello` named instance
fastify.get('/hello', (req, reply) => {
const { redis } = fastify
redis.hello.get(req.query.key, (err, val) => {
reply.send(err || val)
})
})
fastify.post('/hello', (req, reply) => {
const { redis } = fastify
redis['hello'].set(req.body.key, req.body.value, (err) => {
reply.send(err || { status: 'ok' })
})
})
// Here we will use the `world` named instance
fastify.get('/world', (req, reply) => {
const { redis } = fastify
redis['world'].get(req.query.key, (err, val) => {
reply.send(err || val)
})
})
fastify.post('/world', (req, reply) => {
const { redis } = fastify
redis.world.set(req.body.key, req.body.value, (err) => {
reply.send(err || { status: 'ok' })
})
})
fastify.listen({ port: 3000 }, function (err) {
if (err) {
fastify.log.error(err)
process.exit(1)
}
})
```
## Redis streams (Redis 5.0 or greater is required)
`@fastify/redis` supports Redis streams out of the box.
```js
'use strict'
const fastify = require('fastify')()
fastify.register(require('@fastify/redis'), {
host: '127.0.0.1',
port: 6380
})
fastify.get('/streams', async (request, reply) => {
// We write an event to the stream 'my awesome fastify stream name', setting 'key' to 'value'
await fastify.redis.xadd(['my awesome fastify stream name', '*', 'hello', 'fastify is awesome'])
// We read events from the beginning of the stream called 'my awesome fastify stream name'
let redisStream = await fastify.redis.xread(['STREAMS', 'my awesome fastify stream name', 0])
// We parse the results
let response = []
let events = redisStream[0][1]
for (let i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
const e = events[i]
response.push(`#LOG: id is ${e[0].toString()}`)
// We log each key
for (const key in e[1]) {
response.push(e[1][key].toString())
}
}
reply.status(200)
return { output: response }
// Will return something like this :
// { "output": ["#LOG: id is 1559985742035-0", "hello", "fastify is awesome"] }
})
fastify.listen({ port: 3000 }, function (err) {
if (err) {
fastify.log.error(err)
process.exit(1)
}
})
```
*NB you can find more information about Redis streams and the relevant commands [here](https://redis.io/topics/streams-intro) and [here](https://redis.io/commands#stream).*
## Redis connection error
The majority of errors are silent due to the `ioredis` silent error handling but during the plugin registration it will check that the connection with the redis instance is correctly estabilished.
In this case, you can receive an `ERR_AVVIO_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT` error if the connection cannot be established in the expected time frame or a dedicated error for an invalid connection.
## Acknowledgments
This project is kindly sponsored by:
- [nearForm](https://nearform.com)
- [LetzDoIt](https://www.letzdoitapp.com/)
## License
Licensed under [MIT](./LICENSE).