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[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/redis/hiredis.png)](https://travis-ci.org/redis/hiredis)
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**This Readme reflects the latest changed in the master branch. See [v1.0.0](https://github.com/redis/hiredis/tree/v1.0.0) for the Readme and documentation for the latest release ([API/ABI history](https://abi-laboratory.pro/?view=timeline&l=hiredis)).**
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# HIREDIS
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Hiredis is a minimalistic C client library for the [Redis](http://redis.io/) database.
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It is minimalistic because it just adds minimal support for the protocol, but
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at the same time it uses a high level printf-alike API in order to make it
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much higher level than otherwise suggested by its minimal code base and the
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lack of explicit bindings for every Redis command.
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Apart from supporting sending commands and receiving replies, it comes with
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a reply parser that is decoupled from the I/O layer. It
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is a stream parser designed for easy reusability, which can for instance be used
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in higher level language bindings for efficient reply parsing.
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Hiredis only supports the binary-safe Redis protocol, so you can use it with any
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Redis version >= 1.2.0.
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The library comes with multiple APIs. There is the
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*synchronous API*, the *asynchronous API* and the *reply parsing API*.
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## Upgrading to `1.0.2`
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<span style="color:red">NOTE: v1.0.1 erroneously bumped SONAME, which is why it is skipped here.</span>
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Version 1.0.2 is simply 1.0.0 with a fix for [CVE-2021-32765](https://github.com/redis/hiredis/security/advisories/GHSA-hfm9-39pp-55p2). They are otherwise identical.
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## Upgrading to `1.0.0`
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Version 1.0.0 marks the first stable release of Hiredis.
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It includes some minor breaking changes, mostly to make the exposed API more uniform and self-explanatory.
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It also bundles the updated `sds` library, to sync up with upstream and Redis.
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For code changes see the [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md).
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_Note: As described below, a few member names have been changed but most applications should be able to upgrade with minor code changes and recompiling._
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## IMPORTANT: Breaking changes from `0.14.1` -> `1.0.0`
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* `redisContext` has two additional members (`free_privdata`, and `privctx`).
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* `redisOptions.timeout` has been renamed to `redisOptions.connect_timeout`, and we've added `redisOptions.command_timeout`.
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* `redisReplyObjectFunctions.createArray` now takes `size_t` instead of `int` for its length parameter.
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## IMPORTANT: Breaking changes when upgrading from 0.13.x -> 0.14.x
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Bulk and multi-bulk lengths less than -1 or greater than `LLONG_MAX` are now
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protocol errors. This is consistent with the RESP specification. On 32-bit
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platforms, the upper bound is lowered to `SIZE_MAX`.
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Change `redisReply.len` to `size_t`, as it denotes the the size of a string
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User code should compare this to `size_t` values as well. If it was used to
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compare to other values, casting might be necessary or can be removed, if
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casting was applied before.
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## Upgrading from `<0.9.0`
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Version 0.9.0 is a major overhaul of hiredis in every aspect. However, upgrading existing
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code using hiredis should not be a big pain. The key thing to keep in mind when
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upgrading is that hiredis >= 0.9.0 uses a `redisContext*` to keep state, in contrast to
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the stateless 0.0.1 that only has a file descriptor to work with.
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## Synchronous API
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To consume the synchronous API, there are only a few function calls that need to be introduced:
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```c
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redisContext *redisConnect(const char *ip, int port);
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void *redisCommand(redisContext *c, const char *format, ...);
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void freeReplyObject(void *reply);
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```
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### Connecting
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The function `redisConnect` is used to create a so-called `redisContext`. The
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context is where Hiredis holds state for a connection. The `redisContext`
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struct has an integer `err` field that is non-zero when the connection is in
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an error state. The field `errstr` will contain a string with a description of
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the error. More information on errors can be found in the **Errors** section.
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After trying to connect to Redis using `redisConnect` you should
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check the `err` field to see if establishing the connection was successful:
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```c
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redisContext *c = redisConnect("127.0.0.1", 6379);
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if (c == NULL || c->err) {
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if (c) {
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printf("Error: %s\n", c->errstr);
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// handle error
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} else {
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printf("Can't allocate redis context\n");
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}
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}
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```
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*Note: A `redisContext` is not thread-safe.*
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### Sending commands
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There are several ways to issue commands to Redis. The first that will be introduced is
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`redisCommand`. This function takes a format similar to printf. In the simplest form,
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it is used like this:
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```c
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reply = redisCommand(context, "SET foo bar");
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```
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The specifier `%s` interpolates a string in the command, and uses `strlen` to
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determine the length of the string:
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```c
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reply = redisCommand(context, "SET foo %s", value);
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```
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When you need to pass binary safe strings in a command, the `%b` specifier can be
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used. Together with a pointer to the string, it requires a `size_t` length argument
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of the string:
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```c
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reply = redisCommand(context, "SET foo %b", value, (size_t) valuelen);
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```
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Internally, Hiredis splits the command in different arguments and will
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convert it to the protocol used to communicate with Redis.
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One or more spaces separates arguments, so you can use the specifiers
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anywhere in an argument:
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```c
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reply = redisCommand(context, "SET key:%s %s", myid, value);
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```
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### Using replies
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The return value of `redisCommand` holds a reply when the command was
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successfully executed. When an error occurs, the return value is `NULL` and
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the `err` field in the context will be set (see section on **Errors**).
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Once an error is returned the context cannot be reused and you should set up
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a new connection.
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The standard replies that `redisCommand` are of the type `redisReply`. The
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`type` field in the `redisReply` should be used to test what kind of reply
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was received:
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### RESP2
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_STATUS`**:
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* The command replied with a status reply. The status string can be accessed using `reply->str`.
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The length of this string can be accessed using `reply->len`.
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_ERROR`**:
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* The command replied with an error. The error string can be accessed identical to `REDIS_REPLY_STATUS`.
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_INTEGER`**:
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* The command replied with an integer. The integer value can be accessed using the
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`reply->integer` field of type `long long`.
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_NIL`**:
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* The command replied with a **nil** object. There is no data to access.
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_STRING`**:
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* A bulk (string) reply. The value of the reply can be accessed using `reply->str`.
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The length of this string can be accessed using `reply->len`.
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_ARRAY`**:
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* A multi bulk reply. The number of elements in the multi bulk reply is stored in
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`reply->elements`. Every element in the multi bulk reply is a `redisReply` object as well
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and can be accessed via `reply->element[..index..]`.
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Redis may reply with nested arrays but this is fully supported.
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### RESP3
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Hiredis also supports every new `RESP3` data type which are as follows. For more information about the protocol see the `RESP3` [specification.](https://github.com/antirez/RESP3/blob/master/spec.md)
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_DOUBLE`**:
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* The command replied with a double-precision floating point number.
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The value is stored as a string in the `str` member, and can be converted with `strtod` or similar.
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_BOOL`**:
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* A boolean true/false reply.
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The value is stored in the `integer` member and will be either `0` or `1`.
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_MAP`**:
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* An array with the added invariant that there will always be an even number of elements.
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The MAP is functionally equivelant to `REDIS_REPLY_ARRAY` except for the previously mentioned invariant.
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_SET`**:
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* An array response where each entry is unique.
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Like the MAP type, the data is identical to an array response except there are no duplicate values.
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_PUSH`**:
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* An array that can be generated spontaneously by Redis.
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This array response will always contain at least two subelements. The first contains the type of `PUSH` message (e.g. `message`, or `invalidate`), and the second being a sub-array with the `PUSH` payload itself.
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_ATTR`**:
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* An array structurally identical to a `MAP` but intended as meta-data about a reply.
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_As of Redis 6.0.6 this reply type is not used in Redis_
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_BIGNUM`**:
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* A string representing an arbitrarily large signed or unsigned integer value.
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The number will be encoded as a string in the `str` member of `redisReply`.
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* **`REDIS_REPLY_VERB`**:
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* A verbatim string, intended to be presented to the user without modification.
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The string payload is stored in the `str` memeber, and type data is stored in the `vtype` member (e.g. `txt` for raw text or `md` for markdown).
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Replies should be freed using the `freeReplyObject()` function.
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Note that this function will take care of freeing sub-reply objects
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contained in arrays and nested arrays, so there is no need for the user to
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free the sub replies (it is actually harmful and will corrupt the memory).
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**Important:** the current version of hiredis (1.0.0) frees replies when the
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asynchronous API is used. This means you should not call `freeReplyObject` when
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you use this API. The reply is cleaned up by hiredis _after_ the callback
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returns. We may introduce a flag to make this configurable in future versions of the library.
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### Cleaning up
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To disconnect and free the context the following function can be used:
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```c
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void redisFree(redisContext *c);
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```
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This function immediately closes the socket and then frees the allocations done in
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creating the context.
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### Sending commands (cont'd)
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Together with `redisCommand`, the function `redisCommandArgv` can be used to issue commands.
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It has the following prototype:
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```c
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void *redisCommandArgv(redisContext *c, int argc, const char **argv, const size_t *argvlen);
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```
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It takes the number of arguments `argc`, an array of strings `argv` and the lengths of the
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arguments `argvlen`. For convenience, `argvlen` may be set to `NULL` and the function will
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use `strlen(3)` on every argument to determine its length. Obviously, when any of the arguments
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need to be binary safe, the entire array of lengths `argvlen` should be provided.
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The return value has the same semantic as `redisCommand`.
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### Pipelining
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To explain how Hiredis supports pipelining in a blocking connection, there needs to be
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understanding of the internal execution flow.
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When any of the functions in the `redisCommand` family is called, Hiredis first formats the
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command according to the Redis protocol. The formatted command is then put in the output buffer
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of the context. This output buffer is dynamic, so it can hold any number of commands.
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After the command is put in the output buffer, `redisGetReply` is called. This function has the
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following two execution paths:
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1. The input buffer is non-empty:
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* Try to parse a single reply from the input buffer and return it
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* If no reply could be parsed, continue at *2*
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2. The input buffer is empty:
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* Write the **entire** output buffer to the socket
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* Read from the socket until a single reply could be parsed
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The function `redisGetReply` is exported as part of the Hiredis API and can be used when a reply
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is expected on the socket. To pipeline commands, the only things that needs to be done is
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filling up the output buffer. For this cause, two commands can be used that are identical
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to the `redisCommand` family, apart from not returning a reply:
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```c
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void redisAppendCommand(redisContext *c, const char *format, ...);
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void redisAppendCommandArgv(redisContext *c, int argc, const char **argv, const size_t *argvlen);
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```
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After calling either function one or more times, `redisGetReply` can be used to receive the
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subsequent replies. The return value for this function is either `REDIS_OK` or `REDIS_ERR`, where
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the latter means an error occurred while reading a reply. Just as with the other commands,
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the `err` field in the context can be used to find out what the cause of this error is.
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The following examples shows a simple pipeline (resulting in only a single call to `write(2)` and
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a single call to `read(2)`):
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```c
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redisReply *reply;
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redisAppendCommand(context,"SET foo bar");
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redisAppendCommand(context,"GET foo");
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redisGetReply(context,(void *)&reply); // reply for SET
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freeReplyObject(reply);
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redisGetReply(context,(void *)&reply); // reply for GET
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freeReplyObject(reply);
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```
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This API can also be used to implement a blocking subscriber:
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```c
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reply = redisCommand(context,"SUBSCRIBE foo");
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freeReplyObject(reply);
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while(redisGetReply(context,(void *)&reply) == REDIS_OK) {
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// consume message
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freeReplyObject(reply);
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}
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```
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### Errors
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When a function call is not successful, depending on the function either `NULL` or `REDIS_ERR` is
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returned. The `err` field inside the context will be non-zero and set to one of the
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following constants:
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* **`REDIS_ERR_IO`**:
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There was an I/O error while creating the connection, trying to write
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to the socket or read from the socket. If you included `errno.h` in your
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application, you can use the global `errno` variable to find out what is
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wrong.
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* **`REDIS_ERR_EOF`**:
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The server closed the connection which resulted in an empty read.
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* **`REDIS_ERR_PROTOCOL`**:
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There was an error while parsing the protocol.
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* **`REDIS_ERR_OTHER`**:
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Any other error. Currently, it is only used when a specified hostname to connect
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to cannot be resolved.
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In every case, the `errstr` field in the context will be set to hold a string representation
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of the error.
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## Asynchronous API
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Hiredis comes with an asynchronous API that works easily with any event library.
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Examples are bundled that show using Hiredis with [libev](http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html)
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and [libevent](http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/).
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### Connecting
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The function `redisAsyncConnect` can be used to establish a non-blocking connection to
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Redis. It returns a pointer to the newly created `redisAsyncContext` struct. The `err` field
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should be checked after creation to see if there were errors creating the connection.
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Because the connection that will be created is non-blocking, the kernel is not able to
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instantly return if the specified host and port is able to accept a connection.
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*Note: A `redisAsyncContext` is not thread-safe.*
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```c
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redisAsyncContext *c = redisAsyncConnect("127.0.0.1", 6379);
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if (c->err) {
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printf("Error: %s\n", c->errstr);
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// handle error
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}
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```
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The asynchronous context can hold a disconnect callback function that is called when the
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connection is disconnected (either because of an error or per user request). This function should
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have the following prototype:
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```c
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void(const redisAsyncContext *c, int status);
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```
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On a disconnect, the `status` argument is set to `REDIS_OK` when disconnection was initiated by the
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user, or `REDIS_ERR` when the disconnection was caused by an error. When it is `REDIS_ERR`, the `err`
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field in the context can be accessed to find out the cause of the error.
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The context object is always freed after the disconnect callback fired. When a reconnect is needed,
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the disconnect callback is a good point to do so.
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Setting the disconnect callback can only be done once per context. For subsequent calls it will
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return `REDIS_ERR`. The function to set the disconnect callback has the following prototype:
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```c
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int redisAsyncSetDisconnectCallback(redisAsyncContext *ac, redisDisconnectCallback *fn);
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```
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`ac->data` may be used to pass user data to this callback, the same can be done for redisConnectCallback.
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### Sending commands and their callbacks
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In an asynchronous context, commands are automatically pipelined due to the nature of an event loop.
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Therefore, unlike the synchronous API, there is only a single way to send commands.
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Because commands are sent to Redis asynchronously, issuing a command requires a callback function
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that is called when the reply is received. Reply callbacks should have the following prototype:
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```c
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void(redisAsyncContext *c, void *reply, void *privdata);
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```
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The `privdata` argument can be used to curry arbitrary data to the callback from the point where
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the command is initially queued for execution.
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The functions that can be used to issue commands in an asynchronous context are:
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```c
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int redisAsyncCommand(
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redisAsyncContext *ac, redisCallbackFn *fn, void *privdata,
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const char *format, ...);
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int redisAsyncCommandArgv(
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redisAsyncContext *ac, redisCallbackFn *fn, void *privdata,
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int argc, const char **argv, const size_t *argvlen);
|
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|
```
|
||
|
Both functions work like their blocking counterparts. The return value is `REDIS_OK` when the command
|
||
|
was successfully added to the output buffer and `REDIS_ERR` otherwise. Example: when the connection
|
||
|
is being disconnected per user-request, no new commands may be added to the output buffer and `REDIS_ERR` is
|
||
|
returned on calls to the `redisAsyncCommand` family.
|
||
|
|
||
|
If the reply for a command with a `NULL` callback is read, it is immediately freed. When the callback
|
||
|
for a command is non-`NULL`, the memory is freed immediately following the callback: the reply is only
|
||
|
valid for the duration of the callback.
|
||
|
|
||
|
All pending callbacks are called with a `NULL` reply when the context encountered an error.
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Disconnecting
|
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|
|
||
|
An asynchronous connection can be terminated using:
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
void redisAsyncDisconnect(redisAsyncContext *ac);
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
When this function is called, the connection is **not** immediately terminated. Instead, new
|
||
|
commands are no longer accepted and the connection is only terminated when all pending commands
|
||
|
have been written to the socket, their respective replies have been read and their respective
|
||
|
callbacks have been executed. After this, the disconnection callback is executed with the
|
||
|
`REDIS_OK` status and the context object is freed.
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Hooking it up to event library *X*
|
||
|
|
||
|
There are a few hooks that need to be set on the context object after it is created.
|
||
|
See the `adapters/` directory for bindings to *libev* and *libevent*.
|
||
|
|
||
|
## Reply parsing API
|
||
|
|
||
|
Hiredis comes with a reply parsing API that makes it easy for writing higher
|
||
|
level language bindings.
|
||
|
|
||
|
The reply parsing API consists of the following functions:
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
redisReader *redisReaderCreate(void);
|
||
|
void redisReaderFree(redisReader *reader);
|
||
|
int redisReaderFeed(redisReader *reader, const char *buf, size_t len);
|
||
|
int redisReaderGetReply(redisReader *reader, void **reply);
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
The same set of functions are used internally by hiredis when creating a
|
||
|
normal Redis context, the above API just exposes it to the user for a direct
|
||
|
usage.
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Usage
|
||
|
|
||
|
The function `redisReaderCreate` creates a `redisReader` structure that holds a
|
||
|
buffer with unparsed data and state for the protocol parser.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Incoming data -- most likely from a socket -- can be placed in the internal
|
||
|
buffer of the `redisReader` using `redisReaderFeed`. This function will make a
|
||
|
copy of the buffer pointed to by `buf` for `len` bytes. This data is parsed
|
||
|
when `redisReaderGetReply` is called. This function returns an integer status
|
||
|
and a reply object (as described above) via `void **reply`. The returned status
|
||
|
can be either `REDIS_OK` or `REDIS_ERR`, where the latter means something went
|
||
|
wrong (either a protocol error, or an out of memory error).
|
||
|
|
||
|
The parser limits the level of nesting for multi bulk payloads to 7. If the
|
||
|
multi bulk nesting level is higher than this, the parser returns an error.
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Customizing replies
|
||
|
|
||
|
The function `redisReaderGetReply` creates `redisReply` and makes the function
|
||
|
argument `reply` point to the created `redisReply` variable. For instance, if
|
||
|
the response of type `REDIS_REPLY_STATUS` then the `str` field of `redisReply`
|
||
|
will hold the status as a vanilla C string. However, the functions that are
|
||
|
responsible for creating instances of the `redisReply` can be customized by
|
||
|
setting the `fn` field on the `redisReader` struct. This should be done
|
||
|
immediately after creating the `redisReader`.
|
||
|
|
||
|
For example, [hiredis-rb](https://github.com/pietern/hiredis-rb/blob/master/ext/hiredis_ext/reader.c)
|
||
|
uses customized reply object functions to create Ruby objects.
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Reader max buffer
|
||
|
|
||
|
Both when using the Reader API directly or when using it indirectly via a
|
||
|
normal Redis context, the redisReader structure uses a buffer in order to
|
||
|
accumulate data from the server.
|
||
|
Usually this buffer is destroyed when it is empty and is larger than 16
|
||
|
KiB in order to avoid wasting memory in unused buffers
|
||
|
|
||
|
However when working with very big payloads destroying the buffer may slow
|
||
|
down performances considerably, so it is possible to modify the max size of
|
||
|
an idle buffer changing the value of the `maxbuf` field of the reader structure
|
||
|
to the desired value. The special value of 0 means that there is no maximum
|
||
|
value for an idle buffer, so the buffer will never get freed.
|
||
|
|
||
|
For instance if you have a normal Redis context you can set the maximum idle
|
||
|
buffer to zero (unlimited) just with:
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
context->reader->maxbuf = 0;
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
This should be done only in order to maximize performances when working with
|
||
|
large payloads. The context should be set back to `REDIS_READER_MAX_BUF` again
|
||
|
as soon as possible in order to prevent allocation of useless memory.
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Reader max array elements
|
||
|
|
||
|
By default the hiredis reply parser sets the maximum number of multi-bulk elements
|
||
|
to 2^32 - 1 or 4,294,967,295 entries. If you need to process multi-bulk replies
|
||
|
with more than this many elements you can set the value higher or to zero, meaning
|
||
|
unlimited with:
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
context->reader->maxelements = 0;
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
## SSL/TLS Support
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Building
|
||
|
|
||
|
SSL/TLS support is not built by default and requires an explicit flag:
|
||
|
|
||
|
make USE_SSL=1
|
||
|
|
||
|
This requires OpenSSL development package (e.g. including header files to be
|
||
|
available.
|
||
|
|
||
|
When enabled, SSL/TLS support is built into extra `libhiredis_ssl.a` and
|
||
|
`libhiredis_ssl.so` static/dynamic libraries. This leaves the original libraries
|
||
|
unaffected so no additional dependencies are introduced.
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Using it
|
||
|
|
||
|
First, you'll need to make sure you include the SSL header file:
|
||
|
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
#include "hiredis.h"
|
||
|
#include "hiredis_ssl.h"
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
You will also need to link against `libhiredis_ssl`, **in addition** to
|
||
|
`libhiredis` and add `-lssl -lcrypto` to satisfy its dependencies.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Hiredis implements SSL/TLS on top of its normal `redisContext` or
|
||
|
`redisAsyncContext`, so you will need to establish a connection first and then
|
||
|
initiate an SSL/TLS handshake.
|
||
|
|
||
|
#### Hiredis OpenSSL Wrappers
|
||
|
|
||
|
Before Hiredis can negotiate an SSL/TLS connection, it is necessary to
|
||
|
initialize OpenSSL and create a context. You can do that in two ways:
|
||
|
|
||
|
1. Work directly with the OpenSSL API to initialize the library's global context
|
||
|
and create `SSL_CTX *` and `SSL *` contexts. With an `SSL *` object you can
|
||
|
call `redisInitiateSSL()`.
|
||
|
2. Work with a set of Hiredis-provided wrappers around OpenSSL, create a
|
||
|
`redisSSLContext` object to hold configuration and use
|
||
|
`redisInitiateSSLWithContext()` to initiate the SSL/TLS handshake.
|
||
|
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
/* An Hiredis SSL context. It holds SSL configuration and can be reused across
|
||
|
* many contexts.
|
||
|
*/
|
||
|
redisSSLContext *ssl;
|
||
|
|
||
|
/* An error variable to indicate what went wrong, if the context fails to
|
||
|
* initialize.
|
||
|
*/
|
||
|
redisSSLContextError ssl_error;
|
||
|
|
||
|
/* Initialize global OpenSSL state.
|
||
|
*
|
||
|
* You should call this only once when your app initializes, and only if
|
||
|
* you don't explicitly or implicitly initialize OpenSSL it elsewhere.
|
||
|
*/
|
||
|
redisInitOpenSSL();
|
||
|
|
||
|
/* Create SSL context */
|
||
|
ssl = redisCreateSSLContext(
|
||
|
"cacertbundle.crt", /* File name of trusted CA/ca bundle file, optional */
|
||
|
"/path/to/certs", /* Path of trusted certificates, optional */
|
||
|
"client_cert.pem", /* File name of client certificate file, optional */
|
||
|
"client_key.pem", /* File name of client private key, optional */
|
||
|
"redis.mydomain.com", /* Server name to request (SNI), optional */
|
||
|
&ssl_error
|
||
|
) != REDIS_OK) {
|
||
|
printf("SSL error: %s\n", redisSSLContextGetError(ssl_error);
|
||
|
/* Abort... */
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
|
||
|
/* Create Redis context and establish connection */
|
||
|
c = redisConnect("localhost", 6443);
|
||
|
if (c == NULL || c->err) {
|
||
|
/* Handle error and abort... */
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
|
||
|
/* Negotiate SSL/TLS */
|
||
|
if (redisInitiateSSLWithContext(c, ssl) != REDIS_OK) {
|
||
|
/* Handle error, in c->err / c->errstr */
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
## RESP3 PUSH replies
|
||
|
Redis 6.0 introduced PUSH replies with the reply-type `>`. These messages are generated spontaneously and can arrive at any time, so must be handled using callbacks.
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Default behavior
|
||
|
Hiredis installs handlers on `redisContext` and `redisAsyncContext` by default, which will intercept and free any PUSH replies detected. This means existing code will work as-is after upgrading to Redis 6 and switching to `RESP3`.
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Custom PUSH handler prototypes
|
||
|
The callback prototypes differ between `redisContext` and `redisAsyncContext`.
|
||
|
|
||
|
#### redisContext
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
void my_push_handler(void *privdata, void *reply) {
|
||
|
/* Handle the reply */
|
||
|
|
||
|
/* Note: We need to free the reply in our custom handler for
|
||
|
blocking contexts. This lets us keep the reply if
|
||
|
we want. */
|
||
|
freeReplyObject(reply);
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
#### redisAsyncContext
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
void my_async_push_handler(redisAsyncContext *ac, void *reply) {
|
||
|
/* Handle the reply */
|
||
|
|
||
|
/* Note: Because async hiredis always frees replies, you should
|
||
|
not call freeReplyObject in an async push callback. */
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Installing a custom handler
|
||
|
There are two ways to set your own PUSH handlers.
|
||
|
|
||
|
1. Set `push_cb` or `async_push_cb` in the `redisOptions` struct and connect with `redisConnectWithOptions` or `redisAsyncConnectWithOptions`.
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
redisOptions = {0};
|
||
|
REDIS_OPTIONS_SET_TCP(&options, "127.0.0.1", 6379);
|
||
|
options->push_cb = my_push_handler;
|
||
|
redisContext *context = redisConnectWithOptions(&options);
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
2. Call `redisSetPushCallback` or `redisAsyncSetPushCallback` on a connected context.
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
redisContext *context = redisConnect("127.0.0.1", 6379);
|
||
|
redisSetPushCallback(context, my_push_handler);
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
_Note `redisSetPushCallback` and `redisAsyncSetPushCallback` both return any currently configured handler, making it easy to override and then return to the old value._
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Specifying no handler
|
||
|
If you have a unique use-case where you don't want hiredis to automatically intercept and free PUSH replies, you will want to configure no handler at all. This can be done in two ways.
|
||
|
1. Set the `REDIS_OPT_NO_PUSH_AUTOFREE` flag in `redisOptions` and leave the callback function pointer `NULL`.
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
redisOptions = {0};
|
||
|
REDIS_OPTIONS_SET_TCP(&options, "127.0.0.1", 6379);
|
||
|
options->options |= REDIS_OPT_NO_PUSH_AUTOFREE;
|
||
|
redisContext *context = redisConnectWithOptions(&options);
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
3. Call `redisSetPushCallback` with `NULL` once connected.
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
redisContext *context = redisConnect("127.0.0.1", 6379);
|
||
|
redisSetPushCallback(context, NULL);
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
_Note: With no handler configured, calls to `redisCommand` may generate more than one reply, so this strategy is only applicable when there's some kind of blocking`redisGetReply()` loop (e.g. `MONITOR` or `SUBSCRIBE` workloads)._
|
||
|
|
||
|
## Allocator injection
|
||
|
|
||
|
Hiredis uses a pass-thru structure of function pointers defined in [alloc.h](https://github.com/redis/hiredis/blob/f5d25850/alloc.h#L41) that contain the currently configured allocation and deallocation functions. By default they just point to libc (`malloc`, `calloc`, `realloc`, etc).
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Overriding
|
||
|
|
||
|
One can override the allocators like so:
|
||
|
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
hiredisAllocFuncs myfuncs = {
|
||
|
.mallocFn = my_malloc,
|
||
|
.callocFn = my_calloc,
|
||
|
.reallocFn = my_realloc,
|
||
|
.strdupFn = my_strdup,
|
||
|
.freeFn = my_free,
|
||
|
};
|
||
|
|
||
|
// Override allocators (function returns current allocators if needed)
|
||
|
hiredisAllocFuncs orig = hiredisSetAllocators(&myfuncs);
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
To reset the allocators to their default libc function simply call:
|
||
|
|
||
|
```c
|
||
|
hiredisResetAllocators();
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
## AUTHORS
|
||
|
|
||
|
Salvatore Sanfilippo (antirez at gmail),\
|
||
|
Pieter Noordhuis (pcnoordhuis at gmail)\
|
||
|
Michael Grunder (michael dot grunder at gmail)
|
||
|
|
||
|
_Hiredis is released under the BSD license._
|