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NAME

AnyEvent::Redis::RipeRedis - Flexible non-blocking Redis client with reconnect feature

SYNOPSIS

  use AnyEvent;
  use AnyEvent::Redis::RipeRedis qw( :err_codes );

  my $cv = AE::cv();

  my $redis = AnyEvent::Redis::RipeRedis->new(
    host => 'localhost',
    port => '6379',
    password => 'your_password',
    encoding => 'utf8',
    on_connect => sub {
      print "Connected to Redis server\n";
    },
    on_disconnect => sub {
      print "Disconnected from Redis server\n";
    },
    on_error => sub {
      my $err_msg = shift;
      my $err_code = shift;
      warn "$err_msg. Error code: $err_code\n";
    },
  );

  # Set value
  $redis->set( 'foo', 'Some string', {
    on_done => sub {
      print "SET is done\n";
      $cv->send();
    },
    on_error => sub {
      my $err_msg = shift;
      my $err_code = shift;
      $cv->croak( "$err_msg. Error code: $err_code" );
    }
  } );

  $cv->recv();

  $redis->disconnect();

DESCRIPTION

AnyEvent::Redis::RipeRedis is the flexible non-blocking Redis client with reconnect feature. The client supports subscriptions, transactions and connection via UNIX-socket.

Requires Redis 1.2 or higher, and any supported event loop.

CONSTRUCTOR

new()

  my $redis = AnyEvent::Redis::RipeRedis->new(
    host => 'localhost',
    port => '6379',
    password => 'your_password',
    database => 7,
    lazy => 1,
    connection_timeout => 5,
    read_timeout => 5,
    reconnect => 1,
    encoding => 'utf8',
    on_connect => sub {
      print "Connected to Redis server\n";
    },
    on_disconnect => sub {
      print "Disconnected from Redis server\n";
    },
    on_connect_error => sub {
      my $err_msg = shift;
      warn "$err_msg\n";
    },
    on_error => sub {
      my $err_msg = shift;
      my $err_code = shift;
      warn "$err_msg. Error code: $err_code\n";
    },
  );
host

Server hostname (default: 127.0.0.1)

port

Server port (default: 6379)

password

Authentication password. If the password is specified, then the AUTH command will be send immediately to the server after a connection and after every reconnection.

database

Database index. If the index is specified, then client will be switched to the specified database immediately after a connection and after every reconnection.

The default database index is 0.

connection_timeout

If after this timeout the client could not connect to the server, the callback on_error is called with the error code E_CANT_CONN. The timeout must be specified in seconds and can contain a fractional part.

  my $redis = AnyEvent::Redis::RipeRedis->new(
    connection_timeout => 10.5,
  );

By default the client use kernel's connection timeout.

read_timeout

If after this timeout the client do not received a response from the server to any command, the callback on_error is called with the error code E_READ_TIMEDOUT. The timeout must be specified in seconds and can contain a fractional part.

  my $redis = AnyEvent::Redis::RipeRedis->new(
    read_timeout => 0.5,
  );

Not set by default.

lazy

If this parameter is set, then the connection will be established, when you will send the first command to the server. By default the connection establishes after calling of the method new.

reconnect

If the connection to the Redis server was lost and the parameter 'reconnect' is TRUE, then the client try to restore the connection, when executing a next command. The client try to reconnect only once and if it fails, then is called the on_error callback. If you need several attempts of the reconnection, just retry a command from the on_error callback as many times, as you need. This feature made the client more responsive.

By default is TRUE.

encoding

Used for encode/decode strings during input/output operations.

Not set by default.

on_connect => $cb->()

The callback on_connect is called, when the connection is successfully established.

Not set by default.

on_disconnect => $cb->()

The callback on_disconnect is called, when the connection is closed by any reason.

Not set by default.

on_connect_error => $cb->( $err_msg )

The callback on_connect_error is called, when the connection could not be established. If this collback isn't specified, then the on_error callback is called with the error code E_CANT_CONN.

Not set by default.

on_error => $cb->( $err_msg, $err_code )

The callback on_error is called, if any error occurred. If the callback is not set, the client just print an error message to STDERR.

COMMAND EXECUTION

<command>( [ @args[, \%callbacks ] ] )

The full list of the Redis commands can be found here: http://redis.io/commands.

  # Set value
  $redis->set( 'foo', 'Some string' );

  # Increment
  $redis->incr( 'bar', {
    on_done => sub {
      my $data = shift;
      print "$data\n";
    },
  } );

  # Get list of values
  $redis->lrange( 'list', 0, -1, {
    on_done => sub {
      my $data = shift;
      foreach my $val ( @{$data}  ) {
        print "$val\n";
      }
    },
    on_error => sub {
      my $err_msg = shift;
      my $err_code = shift;
      $cv->croak( "$err_msg. Error code: $err_code" );
    },
  } );
on_done => $cb->( [ $data ] )

The callback on_done is called, when the current operation is done.

on_error => $cb->( $err_msg, $err_code )

The callback on_error is called, if any error occurred. If the callback is not set, then the on_error callback, that was specified in constructor, is called.

TRANSACTIONS

The detailed information abount the Redis transactions can be found here: http://redis.io/topics/transactions.

multi( [ \%callbacks ] )

Marks the start of a transaction block. Subsequent commands will be queued for atomic execution using EXEC.

exec( [ \%callbacks ] )

Executes all previously queued commands in a transaction and restores the connection state to normal. When using WATCH, EXEC will execute commands only if the watched keys were not modified.

discard( [ \%callbacks ] )

Flushes all previously queued commands in a transaction and restores the connection state to normal.

If WATCH was used, DISCARD unwatches all keys.

watch( @keys[, \%callbacks ] )

Marks the given keys to be watched for conditional execution of a transaction.

unwatch( [ \%callbacks ] )

Forget about all watched keys.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

The detailed information about Redis Pub/Sub can be found here: http://redis.io/topics/pubsub

subscribe( @channels[, \%callbacks ] )

Subscribes the client to the specified channels.

Once the client enters the subscribed state it is not supposed to issue any other commands, except for additional SUBSCRIBE, PSUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE and PUNSUBSCRIBE commands.

  $redis->subscribe( qw( ch_foo ch_bar ), {
    on_done =>  sub {
      my $ch_name = shift;
      my $subs_num = shift;
      print "Subscribed: $ch_name. Active: $subs_num\n";
    },
    on_message => sub {
      my $ch_name = shift;
      my $msg = shift;
      print "$ch_name: $msg\n";
    },
    on_error => sub {
      my $err_msg = shift;
      my $err_code = shift;
      $cv->croak( "$err_msg. Error code: $err_code" );
    },
  } );
on_done => $cb->( $ch_name, $sub_num )

The callback on_done is called, when the current subscription operation is done.

on_message => $cb->( $ch_name, $msg )

The callback on_message is called, when a published message is received.

on_error => $cb->( $err_msg, $err_code )

The callback on_error is called, if the subscription operation fails. If the callback is not set, then the on_error callback, that was specified in constructor, is called.

psubscribe( @patterns[, \%callbacks ] )

Subscribes the client to the given patterns.

  $redis->psubscribe( qw( info_* err_* ), {
    on_done =>  sub {
      my $ch_pattern = shift;
      my $subs_num = shift;
      print "Subscribed: $ch_pattern. Active: $subs_num\n";
    },
    on_message => sub {
      my $ch_name = shift;
      my $msg = shift;
      my $ch_pattern = shift;
      print "$ch_name ($ch_pattern): $msg\n";
    },
    on_error => sub {
      my $err_msg = shift;
      my $err_code = shift;
      $cv->croak( "$err_msg. Error code: $err_code" );
    },
  } );
on_done => $cb->( $ch_pattern, $sub_num )

The callback on_done is called, when the current subscription operation is done.

on_message => $cb->( $ch_name, $msg, $ch_pattern )

The callback on_message is called, when published message is received.

on_error => $cb->( $err_msg, $err_code )

The callback on_error is called, if the subscription operation fails. If the callback is not set, then the on_error callback, that was specified in constructor, is called.

publish( $channel, $message[, \%callbacks ] )

Posts a message to the given channel.

unsubscribe( [ @channels ][, \%callbacks ] )

Unsubscribes the client from the given channels, or from all of them if none is given.

When no channels are specified, the client is unsubscribed from all the previously subscribed channels. In this case, a message for every unsubscribed channel will be sent to the client.

punsubscribe( [ @patterns ][, \%callbacks ] )

Unsubscribes the client from the given patterns, or from all of them if none is given.

When no patters are specified, the client is unsubscribed from all the previously subscribed patterns. In this case, a message for every unsubscribed pattern will be sent to the client.

CONNECTION VIA UNIX-SOCKET

Redis 2.2 and higher support connection via UNIX domain socket. To connect via a UNIX-socket in the parameter host you have to specify unix/, and in the parameter port you have to specify the path to the socket.

  my $redis = AnyEvent::Redis::RipeRedis->new(
    host => 'unix/',
    port => '/tmp/redis.sock',
  );

LUA SCRIPTS EXECUTION

Redis 2.6 and higher support execution of Lua scripts on the server side. To execute a Lua script you can use one of the commands EVAL or EVALSHA, or you can use the special method eval_cached().

eval_cached( $script, $numkeys[, [ @keys, ][ @args, ]\%callbacks ] );

When you call the eval_cached() method, the client first generate a SHA1 hash for a Lua script and cache it in memory. Then the client optimistically send the EVALSHA command under the hood. If the NO_SCRIPT error will be returned, the client send the EVAL command.

If you call the eval_cached() method with the same Lua script, client don't generate a SHA1 hash for this script repeatedly, it gets a hash from the cache.

  $redis->eval_cached( 'return { KEYS[1], KEYS[2], ARGV[1], ARGV[2] }',
      2, 'key1', 'key2', 'first', 'second', {
    on_done => sub {
      my $data = shift;
      foreach my $val ( @{$data}  ) {
        print "$val\n";
      }
    }
  } );

ERROR CODES

Every time when the calback on_error is called, the current error code passed to it in the second argument. Error codes can be used for programmatic handling of errors.

AnyEvent::Redis::RipeRedis provides constants of error codes, that can be imported and used in expressions.

  use AnyEvent::Redis::RipeRedis qw( :err_codes );

Error codes and constants corresponding to them:

  1  - E_CANT_CONN
  2  - E_LOADING_DATASET
  3  - E_IO
  4  - E_CONN_CLOSED_BY_REMOTE_HOST
  5  - E_CONN_CLOSED_BY_CLIENT
  6  - E_NO_CONN
  7  - E_INVALID_PASS
  8  - E_OPRN_NOT_PERMITTED
  9  - E_OPRN_ERROR
  10 - E_UNEXPECTED_DATA
  11 - E_NO_SCRIPT
  12 - E_READ_TIMEDOUT
E_CANT_CONN

Can't connect to the server. If this error occurred, the client abort all operations.

E_LOADING_DATASET

Redis is loading the dataset in memory.

E_IO

Input/Output operation error. If this error occurred, the client abort all operations and close the connection.

E_CONN_CLOSED_BY_REMOTE_HOST

The connection closed by remote host. If this error occurred, the client abort all operations.

E_CONN_CLOSED_BY_CLIENT

If in the client queue are uncompleted operations, when application calling method disconnect() or executing command QUIT, the client abort them with this error.

E_NO_CONN

No connection to the server. Error occurs, if at time of a command execution the connection has been closed by any reason and the parameter reconnect was set to FALSE.

E_INVALID_PASS

Invalid password.

E_OPRN_NOT_PERMITTED

Operation not permitted.

E_OPRN_ERROR

Operation error. Usually returned by the the Redis server.

E_UNEXPECTED_DATA

The client received unexpected data from the server. If this error occurred, the client abort all operations and close the connection.

E_NO_SCRIPT

No matching script. Use the EVAL command.

E_READ_TIMEDOUT

Read timed out. If this error occurred, the client abort all operations and close the connection.

DISCONNECTION

When the connection to the server is no longer needed you can close it in three ways: call the method disconnect(), send the QUIT command or you can just "forget" any references to an AnyEvent::Redis::RipeRedis object, but in this case a client object is destroyed silently without calling any callbacks including the on_disconnect callback to avoid an unexpected behavior.

disconnect()

The method for synchronous disconnection.

  $redis->disconnect();

OTHER METHODS

connection_timeout( $seconds )

Get, set or reset to default the connection_timeout of the client.

read_timeout( $seconds )

Get, set or disable the read_timeout of the client.

reconnect( $boolean )

Enable or disable reconnection mode of the client.

encoding( $enc_name )

Get, set or disable the encoding.

on_connect( $callback )

Get, set or disable the on_connect callback.

on_disconnect( $callback )

Get, set or disable the on_disconnect callback.

on_connect_error( $callback )

Get, set or disable the on_connect_error callback.

on_error( $callback )

Get, set or disable the on_error callback.

SEE ALSO

AnyEvent, AnyEvent::Redis, Redis, Redis::hiredis, RedisDB

AUTHOR

Eugene Ponizovsky, <ponizovsky@gmail.com>

Special thanks

  • Alexey Shrub

  • Vadim Vlasov

  • Konstantin Uvarin

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2012-2013, Eugene Ponizovsky, <ponizovsky@gmail.com>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.