docs: add examples for Redis operations

README.md

@@ -140,7 +140,14 @@ redis.zrange("sortedSet", 0, 2, "WITHSCORES").then((elements) => {
 redis.set("mykey", "hello", "EX", 10);
 ```
 
-See the `examples/` folder for more examples.
+See the `examples/` folder for more examples. For example:
+
+* [Strings](examples/string.js)
+* [Hashes](examples/hash.js)
+* [Lists](examples/list.js)
+* [Sets](examples/set.js)
+* [Sorted Sets](examples/zset.js)
+* [Streams](examples/stream.js)
 
 ## Connect to Redis
 

examples/hash.js

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+const Redis = require("ioredis");
+const redis = new Redis();
+
+async function main() {
+  const user = {
+    name: "Bob",
+    // The field of a Redis Hash key can only be a string.
+    // We can write `age: 20` here but ioredis will convert it to a string anyway.
+    age: "20",
+    description: "I am a programmer",
+  };
+
+  await redis.hmset("user-hash", user);
+
+  const name = await redis.hget("user-hash", "name");
+  console.log(name); // "Bob"
+
+  const age = await redis.hget("user-hash", "age");
+  console.log(age); // "20"
+
+  const all = await redis.hgetall("user-hash");
+  console.log(all); // { age: '20', name: 'Bob', description: 'I am a programmer' }
+
+  // or `await redis.hdel("user-hash", "name", "description")`;
+  await redis.hdel("user-hash", ["name", "description"]);
+
+  const exists = await redis.hexists("user-hash", "name");
+  console.log(exists); // 0 (means false, and if it's 1, it means true)
+
+  await redis.hincrby("user-hash", "age", 1);
+  const newAge = await redis.hget("user-hash", "age");
+  console.log(newAge); // 21
+}
+
+main();

examples/list.js

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+const Redis = require("ioredis");
+const redis = new Redis();
+
+async function main() {
+  const numbers = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9];
+  await redis.lpush("user-list", numbers);
+
+  const popped = await redis.lpop("user-list");
+  console.log(popped); // 9
+
+  const all = await redis.lrange("user-list", 0, -1);
+  console.log(all); // [ '7', '5', '3', '1' ]
+
+  const position = await redis.lpos("user-list", 5);
+  console.log(position); // 1
+
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    // `redis` is in the block mode due to `redis.blpop()`,
+    // so we duplicate a new connection to invoke LPUSH command.
+    redis.duplicate().lpush("block-list", "hello");
+  }, 1200);
+  const blockPopped = await redis.blpop("block-list", 0); // Resolved after 1200ms.
+  console.log(blockPopped); // [ 'block-list', 'hello' ]
+}
+
+main();

examples/set.js

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+const Redis = require("ioredis");
+const redis = new Redis();
+
+async function main() {
+  const numbers = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9];
+  await redis.sadd("user-set", numbers);
+
+  const elementCount = await redis.scard("user-set");
+  console.log(elementCount); // 5
+
+  await redis.sadd("user-set", "1");
+  const newElementCount = await redis.scard("user-set");
+  console.log(newElementCount); // 5
+
+  const isMember = await redis.sismember("user-set", 3);
+  console.log(isMember); // 1 (means true, and if it's 0, it means false)
+}
+
+main();

examples/stream.js

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+const Redis = require("ioredis");
+const redis = new Redis();
+const pub = new Redis();
+
+const processMessage = (message) => {
+  console.log("Id: %s. Data: %O", message[0], message[1]);
+};
+
+async function listenForMessage(lastId = "$") {
+  // `results` is an array, each element of which corresponds to a key.
+  // Because we only listen to one key (mystream) here, `results` only contains
+  // a single element. See more: https://redis.io/commands/xread#return-value
+  const results = await redis.xread(
+    "BLOCK",
+    0,
+    "STREAMS",
+    "user-stream",
+    lastId
+  );
+  const [key, messages] = results[0]; // `key` equals to "user-stream"
+
+  messages.forEach(processMessage);
+
+  // Pass the last id of the results to the next round.
+  await listenForMessage(messages[messages.length - 1][0]);
+}
+
+listenForMessage();
+
+setInterval(() => {
+  // `redis` is in the block mode due to `redis.xread('BLOCK', ....)`,
+  // so we use another connection to publish messages.
+  pub.xadd("user-stream", "*", "name", "John", "age", "20");
+}, 1000);

examples/string.js

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+const Redis = require("ioredis");
+const redis = new Redis();
+
+async function main() {
+  const user = {
+    name: "Bob",
+    // The value of a Redis key can not be a number.
+    // We can write `age: 20` here but ioredis will convert it to a string anyway.
+    age: "20",
+    description: "I am a programmer",
+  };
+
+  await redis.mset(user);
+
+  const name = await redis.get("name");
+  console.log(name); // "Bob"
+
+  const age = await redis.get("age");
+  console.log(age); // "20"
+
+  const all = await redis.mget("name", "age", "description");
+  console.log(all); // [ 'Bob', '20', 'I am a programmer' ]
+
+  // or `await redis.del("name", "description")`;
+  await redis.del(["name", "description"]);
+
+  const exists = await redis.exists("name");
+  console.log(exists); // 0 (means false, and if it's 1, it means true)
+
+  await redis.incrby("age", 1);
+  const newAge = await redis.get("age");
+  console.log(newAge); // 21
+
+  await redis.set("key_with_ttl", "hey", "EX", 1000);
+  const ttl = await redis.ttl("key_with_ttl");
+  console.log(ttl); // a number smaller or equal to 1000
+}
+
+main();

examples/zset.js

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+const Redis = require("ioredis");
+const redis = new Redis();
+
+async function main() {
+  const scores = [
+    { name: "Bob", score: 80 },
+    { name: "Jeff", score: 59.5 },
+    { name: "Tom", score: 100 },
+    { name: "Alex", score: 99.5 },
+  ];
+  await redis.zadd(
+    "user-zset",
+    ...scores.map(({ name, score }) => [score, name])
+  );
+
+  console.log(await redis.zrange("user-zset", 2, 3)); // [ 'Alex', 'Tom' ]
+  console.log(await redis.zrange("user-zset", 2, 3, "WITHSCORES")); // [ 'Alex', '99.5', 'Tom', '100' ]
+  console.log(await redis.zrange("user-zset", 2, 3, "REV")); // [ 'Bob', 'Jeff' ]
+  console.log(await redis.zrange("user-zset", 80, 100, "BYSCORE")); // [ 'Bob', 'Alex', 'Tom' ]
+  console.log(await redis.zrange("user-zset", 2, 3)); // [ 'Alex', 'Tom' ]
+}
+
+main();