lua_redis is a C binding between hiredis and lua, intended to provide a fast and reliable interface with redis from lua.

redis = require("lua_redis")
instance = redis.connect("test", {["ip"] = "127.0.0.1"})
--'test' is the name of the connection instance, you can pass a table with connection parameters

value = "str value"
instance.set("key", value) 
-- you can call the commands from the instance, you can either pass multiple parameters or a concatenated expression.
instance.get("key")
instance.hset("hash key value")
instance.hgetall("hash")

This module should be quite fast(pre-compiled with static hiredis) and it is an excellent experience in binding lua and C for a usefull purpose. Additionally, it provides multiple concurrent connection instances.

The build depends on hiredis being installed on the compiling system.

with luarocks:

luarocks install lua_redis HIREDIS_DIR=/path/to/hiredis/lib HIREDIS_INCDIR=/path/to/hiredis/include/

Test are available through the tests dir using lunit. Please be noted that this depends on having lunit installed.

Feel free to contact at omrieival@gmail.com me regarding any issues, requests or comments about the performance or quality of the package.

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