In this short example we’ll learn how to use Redis Lua scripting in NodeJS. We will create simple script that sums two fields of hash in Redis.

Install Redis and Redis-scripto NodeJS modules:

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npm install redis redis-scripto

Redis-scripto loads and manages Lua scripts for you, so you don’t have to load them manually.

Create demo.js

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var path = require('path');
	redis = require('redis'),
	scripto = require('redis-scripto'),
	field1 = process.argv[2],
	field2 = process.argv[3],
 
	redisClient = redis.createClient(), // creates a new redis client 
	scriptDir = path.resolve(path.dirname(__filename), 'lua'), // path to lua scripts
	scriptManager = new scripto(redisClient); // creates new scripto manager
 
scriptManager.loadFromDir(scriptDir); // load lua scripts from directory
 
scriptManager.run('hadd', ['test'], [field1, field2], function(err, result) { // run first script, that sums test.field1 and test.field2
	console.log(result);
});

Create ‘lua’ directory

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mkdir lua

Create lua/hadd.lua with following code. It gets values of two passed fields from test hash, sums them and returns.

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local key = KEYS[1]
local field1 = ARGV[1]
local field2 = ARGV[2]
 
local n1 = tonumber(redis.call('hget', key, field1))
local n2 = tonumber(redis.call('hget', key, field2))
return n1 + n2

Than run redis-cli and add some values to test hash

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redis-cli
hset test score1 22
hset test score2 33

Then run demo.js

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node demo score1 score2
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