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Running in Docker

Quickly get started with

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docker run --name somename -p 6379:6379 redis

Connection

The simplest connection string is to use localhost which just connects to the localhost on port 6379.

Querying

Redis is a really simple server to which you can just telnet (or use the redis-cli) to run commands.

List All Keys

This might not be a great idea against a prod server with lots of keys

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keys *

Get key type

Redis supports a bunch of different data primatives like a simple key value, a list, a hash, a zset, ... to find the type of a key use type

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type HereForElizabethAnneSlovak
+zset

Set key value

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set blah 7

This works for updates too

Get key value

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get blah

Get everything in a zset

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ZRANGE "id" 0 -1

Count everything in a zset

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zcount HereForjohnrufuscolginjr. -inf +inf

Get the first thing in a zset

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ZRANGE "id" 0 0

Get everything in a set

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SMEMBERS HereFeedHashTags

Get the first member of a list

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LPOP somekey

Get the last member of a list

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RPOP somekey

Get the contents of a hash

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HGETALL somekey

Clear out the whole database

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FLUSHALL

Clear just the current db

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FLUSHDB

Stats on keys

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INFO keyspace

Get an idea of db size

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INFO Memory