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express/examples/search/index.js
Viny Brun Kriesang d12772393c fix: search example to support Redis v4+ and Express 4/5 (#6274)
* Fix Redis example to support Redis v4+ and Express 4/5

* update optional route syntax to /{:query} and refactor Redis initialization into dedicated function to guarantee that it is complete before server starts

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Co-authored-by: Sebastian Beltran <bjohansebas@gmail.com>
2026-01-31 22:12:23 -05:00

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'use strict'
// install redis first:
// https://redis.io/
// then:
// $ npm install redis
// $ redis-server
/**
* Module dependencies.
*/
var express = require('../..');
var path = require('node:path');
var redis = require('redis');
var db = redis.createClient();
var app = express();
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
// npm install redis
/**
* Redis Initialization
*/
async function initializeRedis() {
try {
// connect to Redis
await db.connect();
// populate search
await db.sAdd('ferret', 'tobi');
await db.sAdd('ferret', 'loki');
await db.sAdd('ferret', 'jane');
await db.sAdd('cat', 'manny');
await db.sAdd('cat', 'luna');
} catch (err) {
console.error('Error initializing Redis:', err);
process.exit(1);
}
}
/**
* GET search for :query.
*/
app.get('/search/{:query}', function (req, res, next) {
var query = req.params.query || '';
db.sMembers(query)
.then((vals) => res.send(vals))
.catch((err) => {
console.error(`Redis error for query "${query}":`, err);
next(err);
});
});
/**
* GET client javascript. Here we use sendFile()
* because serving __dirname with the static() middleware
* would also mean serving our server "index.js" and the "search.jade"
* template.
*/
app.get('/client.js', function(req, res){
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'client.js'));
});
/**
* Start the Server
*/
(async () => {
await initializeRedis();
if (!module.parent) {
app.listen(3000);
console.log('Express started on port 3000');
}
})();