# redis-rs
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Redis-rs is a high level redis library for Rust. It provides convenient access
to all Redis functionality through a very flexible but low-level API. It
uses a customizable type conversion trait so that any operation can return
results in just the type you are expecting. This makes for a very pleasant
development experience.
The crate is called `redis` and you can depend on it via cargo:
```ini
[dependencies]
redis = "0.21.0"
```
Documentation on the library can be found at
[docs.rs/redis](https://docs.rs/redis).
**Note: redis-rs requires at least Rust 1.39.**
## Basic Operation
To open a connection you need to create a client and then to fetch a
connection from it. In the future there will be a connection pool for
those, currently each connection is separate and not pooled.
Many commands are implemented through the `Commands` trait but manual
command creation is also possible.
```rust
extern crate redis;
use redis::Commands;
fn fetch_an_integer() -> redis::RedisResult<isize> {
// connect to redis
let client = redis::Client::open("redis://127.0.0.1/")?;
let mut con = client.get_connection()?;
// throw away the result, just make sure it does not fail
let _ : () = con.set("my_key", 42)?;
// read back the key and return it. Because the return value
// from the function is a result for integer this will automatically
// convert into one.
con.get("my_key")
}
```
## Async support
To enable asynchronous clients a feature for the underlying feature need to be activated.
```
# if you use tokio
redis = { version = "0.17.0", features = ["tokio-comp"] }
# if you use async-std
redis = { version = "0.17.0", features = ["async-std-comp"] }
```
## TLS Support
To enable TLS support, you need to use the relevant feature entry in your Cargo.toml.
```
redis = { version = "0.19.0", features = ["tls"] }
# if you use tokio
redis = { version = "0.19.0", features = ["tokio-native-tls-comp"] }
# if you use async-std
redis = { version = "0.19.0", features = ["async-std-tls-comp"] }
```
then you should be able to connect to a redis instance using the `rediss://` URL scheme:
```rust
let client = redis::Client::open("rediss://127.0.0.1/")?;
```
## Cluster Support
Cluster mode can be used by specifying "cluster" as a features entry in your Cargo.toml.
`redis = { version = "0.17.0", features = [ "cluster"] }`
Then you can simply use the `ClusterClient` which accepts a list of available nodes.
```rust
use redis::cluster::ClusterClient;
use redis::Commands;
fn fetch_an_integer() -> String {
// connect to redis
let nodes = vec!["redis://127.0.0.1/"];
let client = ClusterClient::open(nodes).unwrap();
let mut connection = client.get_connection().unwrap();
let _: () = connection.set("test", "test_data").unwrap();
let rv: String = connection.get("test").unwrap();
return rv;
}
```
## Development
If you want to develop on the library there are a few commands provided
by the makefile:
To build:
$ make
To test:
$ make test
To run benchmarks:
$ make bench
To build the docs (require nightly compiler, see [rust-lang/rust#43781](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/43781)):
$ make docs
We encourage you to run `clippy` prior to seeking a merge for your work. The lints can be quite strict. Running this on your own workstation can save you time, since Travis CI will fail any build that doesn't satisfy `clippy`:
$ cargo clippy --all-features --all --tests --examples -- -D clippy::all -D warnings
To run fuzz tests with afl, first install cargo-afl (`cargo install -f afl`),
then run:
$ make fuzz
If the fuzzer finds a crash, in order to reproduce it, run:
$ cd afl/<target>/
$ cargo run --bin reproduce -- out/crashes/<crashfile>