Getting Started

node_redis, as you may have guessed, is the Redis client for Node.js. You can install it via npm using the following command.

npm install redis

Once you have installed node_redis module you are good to go. Let’s create a simple file, app.js, and see how to connect with Redis from Node.js.

app.js

var redis = require('redis');
client = redis.createClient(); //creates a new client

By default, redis.createClient() will use 127.0.0.1 and 6379 as the hostname and port respectively. If you have a different host/port you can supply them as following:

var client = redis.createClient(port, host);

Now, you can perform some action once a connection has been established. Basically, you just need to listen for connect events as shown below.

client.on('connect', function() {
    console.log('connected');
});

So, the following snippet goes into app.js:

var redis = require('redis');
var client = redis.createClient();

client.on('connect', function() {
    console.log('connected');
});

Now, type node app in the terminal to run the app. Make sure your Redis server is up and running before running this snippet.