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Redis 4.x Cookbook

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Redis 4.x Cookbook

Overview of this book

Redis is considered the world's most popular key-value store database. Its versatility and the wide variety of use cases it enables have made it a popular choice of database for many enterprises. Based on the latest version of Redis, this book provides both step-by-step recipes and relevant the background information required to utilize its features to the fullest. It covers everything from a basic understanding of Redis data types to advanced aspects of Redis high availability, clustering, administration, and troubleshooting. This book will be your great companion to master all aspects of Redis. The book starts off by installing and configuring Redis for you to get started with ease. Moving on, all the data types and features of Redis are introduced in detail. Next, you will learn how to develop applications with Redis in Java, Python, and the Spring Boot web framework. You will also learn replication tasks, which will help you to troubleshoot replication issues. Furthermore, you will learn the steps that need to be undertaken to ensure high availability on your cluster and during production deployment. Toward the end of the book, you will learn the topmost tasks that will help you to troubleshoot your ecosystem efficiently, along with extending Redis by using different modules.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Foreword
Contributors
Preface
13
Windows Environment Setup
Index

Using the correct Redis APIs


In Chapter 2, Data Types and Chapter 3, Data Features, we showed that Redis provides many powerful APIs to manipulate the various kinds of data type. When you are going to develop your application with Redis, similar to the selection of data types mentioned in the previous Using the correct data types recipe, there is always more than one Redis API for you to implement certain business needs. To guarantee the performance of a Redis instance, extreme caution must be taken when you make the decision on which API you will use.

In this recipe, we'll take a look at several examples to learn how to use correct APIs to achieve a good performance in Redis.

Getting ready…

You need to finish the installation of the Redis Server as we described in the Downloading and installing Redis recipe in Chapter 1, Getting Started with Redis.

We need to use the FLUSHALL command to flush all the data in your Redis instance before moving on to the next section.

Use the following command...