Lightning Prototyping
Using
redis-helper & ipython
in the command-line
Resources
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html
https://redis.io/topics/data-types-intro
https://redis.io/commands
https://github.com/andymccurdy/redis-py
https://github.com/
kenjyco
/redis-helper
Why Redis?
super fast in-memory database used by many companies large and small
it is a "data structure server", so we can make use of efficient operations on a variety of fundamental data structures
hash
set
sorted set
list
pub sub
Some Redis Commands
hash
: hmset, hget, hmget, hgetall, hincrby
set
: sadd, srem, scard, smembers, sinterstore, sunionstore
sorted set
: zadd, zrem, zcard, zrange, zrangebyscore, zinterstore
list
: lpush, lpop, rpush, rpop, llen
Why ipython?
awesome Python interpreter
tab-completion
syntax highlighting as you type
you can embed it in your programs
Why redis-helper?
low learning curve
minimal boilerplate
easy to configure
very fast
one-line model definitions
easy to integrate in existing APIs
simplifies data access patterns
gather data or count metrics at multiple time ranges (at once)
built to explore in the shell
How?
modify your
~/.config/redis-helper/settings.ini
file
create an instance of
redis_helper.Collection
use the
add
method to add an item to the collection
use the
get
method to get some data about an item in the collection
use the
update
method to update/modify data for a particular item in the collection
use the
delete
method to delete an item from the collection
use the
index_field_info
method to get information about the indexed fields in the collection
use the
find
method to filter through indexed fields to find matching items
Demo...
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