Hello Redis Example

An express application that demonstrates how redis can be utilized for caching data so that recurrent requests can be fulfilled right away.

Requirements

• Node >= 8.x
• Redis

Setup and Running

• Clone this repo.
• Install all the node dependencies using npm install.
• Make sure you have local redis server instance running on localhost:6379. If not, you can easily start one by running the following command if you have docker daemon running on your machine.

docker run --rm -it --name local-redis -p 6379:6379 redis

• Start the node service by running node index.js.