# Redis client for Go
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## Resources
- [Documentation](https://redis.uptrace.dev)
- [Discussions](https://github.com/go-redis/redis/discussions)
- [Chat](https://discord.gg/rWtp5Aj)
- [Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-redis/redis/v8?tab=doc)
- [Examples](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-redis/redis/v8?tab=doc#pkg-examples)
## Ecosystem
- [Redis Mock](https://github.com/go-redis/redismock)
- [Distributed Locks](https://github.com/bsm/redislock)
- [Redis Cache](https://github.com/go-redis/cache)
- [Rate limiting](https://github.com/go-redis/redis_rate)
This client also works with [kvrocks](https://github.com/KvrocksLabs/kvrocks), a distributed key
value NoSQL database that uses RocksDB as storage engine and is compatible with Redis protocol.
## Features
- Redis 3 commands except QUIT, MONITOR, and SYNC.
- Automatic connection pooling with
- [Pub/Sub](https://redis.uptrace.dev/guide/go-redis-pubsub.html).
- [Pipelines and transactions](https://redis.uptrace.dev/guide/go-redis-pipelines.html).
- [Scripting](https://redis.uptrace.dev/guide/lua-scripting.html).
- [Redis Sentinel](https://redis.uptrace.dev/guide/go-redis-sentinel.html).
- [Redis Cluster](https://redis.uptrace.dev/guide/go-redis-cluster.html).
- [Redis Ring](https://redis.uptrace.dev/guide/ring.html).
- [Redis Performance Monitoring](https://redis.uptrace.dev/guide/redis-performance-monitoring.html).
## Installation
go-redis supports 2 last Go versions and requires a Go version with
[modules](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules) support. So make sure to initialize a Go
module:
```shell
go mod init github.com/my/repo
```
And then install go-redis/v8 (note _v8_ in the import; omitting it is a popular mistake):
```shell
go get github.com/go-redis/redis/v8
```
If you need **Redis 7** support, install go-redis/v9:
```shell
go get github.com/go-redis/redis/v9
```
## Quickstart
```go
import (
"context"
"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
"fmt"
)
var ctx = context.Background()
func ExampleClient() {
rdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
Addr: "localhost:6379",
Password: "", // no password set
DB: 0, // use default DB
})
err := rdb.Set(ctx, "key", "value", 0).Err()
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
val, err := rdb.Get(ctx, "key").Result()
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Println("key", val)
val2, err := rdb.Get(ctx, "key2").Result()
if err == redis.Nil {
fmt.Println("key2 does not exist")
} else if err != nil {
panic(err)
} else {
fmt.Println("key2", val2)
}
// Output: key value
// key2 does not exist
}
```
## Look and feel
Some corner cases:
```go
// SET key value EX 10 NX
set, err := rdb.SetNX(ctx, "key", "value", 10*time.Second).Result()
// SET key value keepttl NX
set, err := rdb.SetNX(ctx, "key", "value", redis.KeepTTL).Result()
// SORT list LIMIT 0 2 ASC
vals, err := rdb.Sort(ctx, "list", &redis.Sort{Offset: 0, Count: 2, Order: "ASC"}).Result()
// ZRANGEBYSCORE zset -inf +inf WITHSCORES LIMIT 0 2
vals, err := rdb.ZRangeByScoreWithScores(ctx, "zset", &redis.ZRangeBy{
Min: "-inf",
Max: "+inf",
Offset: 0,
Count: 2,
}).Result()
// ZINTERSTORE out 2 zset1 zset2 WEIGHTS 2 3 AGGREGATE SUM
vals, err := rdb.ZInterStore(ctx, "out", &redis.ZStore{
Keys: []string{"zset1", "zset2"},
Weights: []int64{2, 3}
}).Result()
// EVAL "return {KEYS[1],ARGV[1]}" 1 "key" "hello"
vals, err := rdb.Eval(ctx, "return {KEYS[1],ARGV[1]}", []string{"key"}, "hello").Result()
// custom command
res, err := rdb.Do(ctx, "set", "key", "value").Result()
```
## Run the test
go-redis will start a redis-server and run the test cases.
The paths of redis-server bin file and redis config file are defined in `main_test.go`:
```go
var (
redisServerBin, _ = filepath.Abs(filepath.Join("testdata", "redis", "src", "redis-server"))
redisServerConf, _ = filepath.Abs(filepath.Join("testdata", "redis", "redis.conf"))
)
```
For local testing, you can change the variables to refer to your local files, or create a soft link
to the corresponding folder for redis-server and copy the config file to `testdata/redis/`:
```shell
ln -s /usr/bin/redis-server ./go-redis/testdata/redis/src
cp ./go-redis/testdata/redis.conf ./go-redis/testdata/redis/
```
Lastly, run:
```shell
go test
```
## See also
- [Golang ORM](https://bun.uptrace.dev) for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL, and SQLite
- [Golang PostgreSQL](https://bun.uptrace.dev/postgres/)
- [Golang HTTP router](https://bunrouter.uptrace.dev/)
- [Golang ClickHouse ORM](https://github.com/uptrace/go-clickhouse)
## Contributors
Thanks to all the people who already contributed!
