NAME

Redis::hiredis - interact with Redis using the hiredis client.

SYNOPSIS

  use Redis::hiredis;
  my $redis = Redis::hiredis->new();
  $redis->connect('127.0.0.1', 6379);
  $redis->command([qw(set foo bar)]);
  my $val = $redis->command([qw(get foo)]);

DESCRIPTION

Redis::hiredis is a simple wrapper around Salvatore Sanfilippo's hiredis C client that allows connecting and sending any command just like you would from a command line Redis client.

METHODS

new()

Creates a new Redis::hiredis object.

connect( $hostname, $port )

$hostname is the hostname of the Redis server to connect to

$port is the port to connect on. Default 6379

command( $command )

$command is an array ref of the command and parameters you would like to send to Redis ex:

  [qw( set foo bar )]

command will return a scalar value which will either be an integer, string or an array ref (if multiple values are returned).

SEE ALSO

The Redis command reference can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/redis/wiki/CommandReference

Documentation on the hiredis client can be found here: http://github.com/antirez/hiredis