[Hidden-tech] Learning Redis

[Alex Kalish]

This looks like the canonical one:  https://github.com/andymccurdy/redis-py/
.

And yes, ElastiCache provides all the required connection details when
provisioning nodes.

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 9:44 AM Alan Frank <alan at 8wheels.org> wrote:

> Alex,
>
> Thanks.  Yes, I agree with you that Redis is easy to learn and use and
> the command docs are pretty good.  And there is almost certainly a good
> client library to use with AWS Elasticache.  My hope is that someone
> will tell me how to find that library, because that's where my search
> efforts have broken down.
>
> --Alan
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Learning Redis
> Date: 16.12.2020 15:30
>  From: Alex Kalish <alexkalish at gmail.com>
> To: Alan Frank <alan at 8wheels.org>
>
> Hey Alan,
>
> Redis tends to be a pretty easy component to learn and use.  To get
> started, I would suggest installing it locally.  If you have a Mac,
> it's easy to get via Homebrew.  Then just jump into the CLI and start
> getting and setting values.  Command docs are here [1].  Their docs in
> general are usually pretty great.  If you are using this with a Python
> app, I would be blown away if there wasn't an easy to use client
> library.  As far as AWS goes, I would suggest using ElastiCache, which
> can be powered by hosted/managed Redis nodes.  This way, no need to
> run the service yourself.
>
> Does that help at all?
>
> Cheers,
> Alex
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 3:21 PM Alan Frank via Hidden-discuss
> <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
>
> > I am creating a hybrid local/AWS application in Python and would
> > like to
> > be able to access Redis on Elasticache both from a Lambda function
> > and
> > from my local code. I have no idea at all how to get started. I have
> >
> > done many web searches and have read all the AWS documentation I can
> >
> > find. I have found much information on configuration and setup, as
> > well
> > as information about Redis syntax (e.g., HSET, INCR) but nothing
> > about
> > APIs for actually making calls to execute these commands.  Stack
> > Exchange has informed me that this type of problem is not
> > appropriate
> > there.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any resources Hidden Techers might be able to
> > provide.
> >
> > --Alan
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> Links:
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> [1] https://redis.io/commands
>
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