NRedisStack guide (C#/.NET)

Connect your .NET application to a Redis database

NRedisStack is the .NET client for Redis. The sections below explain how to install NRedisStack and connect your application to a Redis database.

NRedisStack requires a running Redis server. See here for Redis Open Source installation instructions.

You can also access Redis with an object-mapping client interface. See Redis OM for .NET for more information.

Install

Using the dotnet CLI, run:

dotnet add package NRedisStack

Connect and test

Add the following imports to your source file:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include <hiredis/hiredis.h>

int main() {
    // The `redisContext` type represents the connection
    // to the Redis server. Here, we connect to the
    // default host and port.
    redisContext *c = redisConnect("127.0.0.1", 6379);

    // Check if the context is null or if a specific
    // error occurred.
    if (c == NULL || c->err) {
        if (c != NULL) {
            printf("Error: %s\n", c->errstr);
            // handle error
        } else {
            printf("Can't allocate redis context\n");
        }

        exit(1);
    }

    // Set a string key.
    redisReply *reply = redisCommand(c, "SET foo bar");
    printf("Reply: %s\n", reply->str); // >>> Reply: OK
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    // Get the key we have just stored.
    reply = redisCommand(c, "GET foo");
    printf("Reply: %s\n", reply->str); // >>> Reply: bar
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    // Close the connection.
    redisFree(c);
}

using NRedisStack;
using NRedisStack.RedisStackCommands;
using StackExchange.Redis;

public class SyncLandingExample
{
    public void Run()
    {
        var muxer = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect("localhost:6379");
        var db = muxer.GetDatabase();

        db.StringSet("foo", "bar");
        Console.WriteLine(db.StringGet("foo")); // >>> bar

        var hash = new HashEntry[] {
            new HashEntry("name", "John"),
            new HashEntry("surname", "Smith"),
            new HashEntry("company", "Redis"),
            new HashEntry("age", "29"),
        };
        db.HashSet("user-session:123", hash);

        var hashFields = db.HashGetAll("user-session:123");
        Console.WriteLine(String.Join("; ", hashFields));
        // >>> name: John; surname: Smith; company: Redis; age: 29
    }
}


using NRedisStack;
using NRedisStack.RedisStackCommands;
using StackExchange.Redis;

public class AsyncLandingExample
{
    public async Task Run()
    {
        var muxer = await ConnectionMultiplexer.ConnectAsync("localhost:6379");
        var db = muxer.GetDatabase();

        await db.StringSetAsync("foo", "bar");
        string? fooResult = await db.StringGetAsync("foo");
        Console.WriteLine(fooResult); // >>> bar

        var hash = new HashEntry[] { 
            new HashEntry("name", "John"), 
            new HashEntry("surname", "Smith"),
            new HashEntry("company", "Redis"),
            new HashEntry("age", "29"),
            };
        await db.HashSetAsync("user-session:123", hash);

        var hashFields = await db.HashGetAllAsync("user-session:123");
        Console.WriteLine(String.Join("; ", hashFields));
        // >>> name: John; surname: Smith; company: Redis; age: 29
    }
}

Connect to localhost on port 6379. The client supports both synchronous and asynchronous commands.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include <hiredis/hiredis.h>

int main() {
    // The `redisContext` type represents the connection
    // to the Redis server. Here, we connect to the
    // default host and port.
    redisContext *c = redisConnect("127.0.0.1", 6379);

    // Check if the context is null or if a specific
    // error occurred.
    if (c == NULL || c->err) {
        if (c != NULL) {
            printf("Error: %s\n", c->errstr);
            // handle error
        } else {
            printf("Can't allocate redis context\n");
        }

        exit(1);
    }

    // Set a string key.
    redisReply *reply = redisCommand(c, "SET foo bar");
    printf("Reply: %s\n", reply->str); // >>> Reply: OK
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    // Get the key we have just stored.
    reply = redisCommand(c, "GET foo");
    printf("Reply: %s\n", reply->str); // >>> Reply: bar
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    // Close the connection.
    redisFree(c);
}

using NRedisStack;
using NRedisStack.RedisStackCommands;
using StackExchange.Redis;

public class SyncLandingExample
{
    public void Run()
    {
        var muxer = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect("localhost:6379");
        var db = muxer.GetDatabase();

        db.StringSet("foo", "bar");
        Console.WriteLine(db.StringGet("foo")); // >>> bar

        var hash = new HashEntry[] {
            new HashEntry("name", "John"),
            new HashEntry("surname", "Smith"),
            new HashEntry("company", "Redis"),
            new HashEntry("age", "29"),
        };
        db.HashSet("user-session:123", hash);

        var hashFields = db.HashGetAll("user-session:123");
        Console.WriteLine(String.Join("; ", hashFields));
        // >>> name: John; surname: Smith; company: Redis; age: 29
    }
}


using NRedisStack;
using NRedisStack.RedisStackCommands;
using StackExchange.Redis;

public class AsyncLandingExample
{
    public async Task Run()
    {
        var muxer = await ConnectionMultiplexer.ConnectAsync("localhost:6379");
        var db = muxer.GetDatabase();

        await db.StringSetAsync("foo", "bar");
        string? fooResult = await db.StringGetAsync("foo");
        Console.WriteLine(fooResult); // >>> bar

        var hash = new HashEntry[] { 
            new HashEntry("name", "John"), 
            new HashEntry("surname", "Smith"),
            new HashEntry("company", "Redis"),
            new HashEntry("age", "29"),
            };
        await db.HashSetAsync("user-session:123", hash);

        var hashFields = await db.HashGetAllAsync("user-session:123");
        Console.WriteLine(String.Join("; ", hashFields));
        // >>> name: John; surname: Smith; company: Redis; age: 29
    }
}

You can test the connection by storing and retrieving a simple string.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include <hiredis/hiredis.h>

int main() {
    // The `redisContext` type represents the connection
    // to the Redis server. Here, we connect to the
    // default host and port.
    redisContext *c = redisConnect("127.0.0.1", 6379);

    // Check if the context is null or if a specific
    // error occurred.
    if (c == NULL || c->err) {
        if (c != NULL) {
            printf("Error: %s\n", c->errstr);
            // handle error
        } else {
            printf("Can't allocate redis context\n");
        }

        exit(1);
    }

    // Set a string key.
    redisReply *reply = redisCommand(c, "SET foo bar");
    printf("Reply: %s\n", reply->str); // >>> Reply: OK
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    // Get the key we have just stored.
    reply = redisCommand(c, "GET foo");
    printf("Reply: %s\n", reply->str); // >>> Reply: bar
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    // Close the connection.
    redisFree(c);
}

using NRedisStack;
using NRedisStack.RedisStackCommands;
using StackExchange.Redis;

public class SyncLandingExample
{
    public void Run()
    {
        var muxer = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect("localhost:6379");
        var db = muxer.GetDatabase();

        db.StringSet("foo", "bar");
        Console.WriteLine(db.StringGet("foo")); // >>> bar

        var hash = new HashEntry[] {
            new HashEntry("name", "John"),
            new HashEntry("surname", "Smith"),
            new HashEntry("company", "Redis"),
            new HashEntry("age", "29"),
        };
        db.HashSet("user-session:123", hash);

        var hashFields = db.HashGetAll("user-session:123");
        Console.WriteLine(String.Join("; ", hashFields));
        // >>> name: John; surname: Smith; company: Redis; age: 29
    }
}


using NRedisStack;
using NRedisStack.RedisStackCommands;
using StackExchange.Redis;

public class AsyncLandingExample
{
    public async Task Run()
    {
        var muxer = await ConnectionMultiplexer.ConnectAsync("localhost:6379");
        var db = muxer.GetDatabase();

        await db.StringSetAsync("foo", "bar");
        string? fooResult = await db.StringGetAsync("foo");
        Console.WriteLine(fooResult); // >>> bar

        var hash = new HashEntry[] { 
            new HashEntry("name", "John"), 
            new HashEntry("surname", "Smith"),
            new HashEntry("company", "Redis"),
            new HashEntry("age", "29"),
            };
        await db.HashSetAsync("user-session:123", hash);

        var hashFields = await db.HashGetAllAsync("user-session:123");
        Console.WriteLine(String.Join("; ", hashFields));
        // >>> name: John; surname: Smith; company: Redis; age: 29
    }
}

Store and retrieve a HashMap.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include <hiredis/hiredis.h>

int main() {
    // The `redisContext` type represents the connection
    // to the Redis server. Here, we connect to the
    // default host and port.
    redisContext *c = redisConnect("127.0.0.1", 6379);

    // Check if the context is null or if a specific
    // error occurred.
    if (c == NULL || c->err) {
        if (c != NULL) {
            printf("Error: %s\n", c->errstr);
            // handle error
        } else {
            printf("Can't allocate redis context\n");
        }

        exit(1);
    }

    // Set a string key.
    redisReply *reply = redisCommand(c, "SET foo bar");
    printf("Reply: %s\n", reply->str); // >>> Reply: OK
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    // Get the key we have just stored.
    reply = redisCommand(c, "GET foo");
    printf("Reply: %s\n", reply->str); // >>> Reply: bar
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    // Close the connection.
    redisFree(c);
}

using NRedisStack;
using NRedisStack.RedisStackCommands;
using StackExchange.Redis;

public class SyncLandingExample
{
    public void Run()
    {
        var muxer = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect("localhost:6379");
        var db = muxer.GetDatabase();

        db.StringSet("foo", "bar");
        Console.WriteLine(db.StringGet("foo")); // >>> bar

        var hash = new HashEntry[] {
            new HashEntry("name", "John"),
            new HashEntry("surname", "Smith"),
            new HashEntry("company", "Redis"),
            new HashEntry("age", "29"),
        };
        db.HashSet("user-session:123", hash);

        var hashFields = db.HashGetAll("user-session:123");
        Console.WriteLine(String.Join("; ", hashFields));
        // >>> name: John; surname: Smith; company: Redis; age: 29
    }
}


using NRedisStack;
using NRedisStack.RedisStackCommands;
using StackExchange.Redis;

public class AsyncLandingExample
{
    public async Task Run()
    {
        var muxer = await ConnectionMultiplexer.ConnectAsync("localhost:6379");
        var db = muxer.GetDatabase();

        await db.StringSetAsync("foo", "bar");
        string? fooResult = await db.StringGetAsync("foo");
        Console.WriteLine(fooResult); // >>> bar

        var hash = new HashEntry[] { 
            new HashEntry("name", "John"), 
            new HashEntry("surname", "Smith"),
            new HashEntry("company", "Redis"),
            new HashEntry("age", "29"),
            };
        await db.HashSetAsync("user-session:123", hash);

        var hashFields = await db.HashGetAllAsync("user-session:123");
        Console.WriteLine(String.Join("; ", hashFields));
        // >>> name: John; surname: Smith; company: Redis; age: 29
    }
}

Redis Open Source modules

To access Redis Open Source capabilities, use the appropriate interface like this:

IBloomCommands bf = db.BF();
ICuckooCommands cf = db.CF();
ICmsCommands cms = db.CMS();
IGraphCommands graph = db.GRAPH();
ITopKCommands topk = db.TOPK();
ITdigestCommands tdigest = db.TDIGEST();
ISearchCommands ft = db.FT();
IJsonCommands json = db.JSON();
ITimeSeriesCommands ts = db.TS();

More information

See the other pages in this section for more information and examples.

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