Managing Domain Objects with Redis Hashes

In this module, you'll see how we're using Redis Hashes to model the user and location data in our application.

In your first coding exercise, you'll be adding a new route that takes a user's ID and returns their full name.

Using your IDE, open the node-js-crash-course folder that you cloned the GitHub repository into. Open the file src/routes/user_routes.js and find the route /user/:userId/fullname which looks like this:

In this exercise, you'll modify the code to return the user's full name by retrieving the firstName and lastName fields for the requested user from Redis.

First, make sure your server is still running, if not start it with:

Next, browse to http://localhost:8081/api/user/5/fullname

You should see:

Take a look at the documentation for the Redis HMGET command, which retrieves multiple named fields from a Redis Hash. You'll need to add code that calls the Redis client's hmget function, then place the values returned into the firstName and lastName variables. You should be able to retrieve both values using a single call to hmget. For guidance on how to invoke Redis commands, check out the code for the /user/:userId route which calls the HGETALL command.

nodemon will restart the server automatically for you each time you save your changes.

When you're ready to test your solution, browse to http://localhost:8081/api/user/5/fullname and you should see:

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In this video, Justin explains what Redis Hashes are and shows how common Redis Hash commands work:

You can find documentation for all of the Redis Hash commands on redis.io.