redis-dump

Dump redis database into redis commands or json with command line or node.js

Installation

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`` bash
$ curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
`

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` bash
$ [sudo] npm install redis-dump -g
`

Note: If you are using redis-dump _programatically_ you should not install it globally.

` bash
$ cd /path/to/your/project
$ [sudo] npm install redis-dump
`

Usage

There are two distinct ways to use redis-dump: through the command line interface, or by requiring the redis-dump module in your own code.

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The usage options are simple:

`
$ redis-dump --help
Usage: redis-dump [OPTIONS]
-h Server hostname (default: 127.0.0.1)
-p Server port (default: 6379)
-a Server auth password (default: '')
-d Database to be selected (default: 0)
-f Query filter (default: *)
--convert Convert from json to redis commands
--help Output this help and exit
--json Output result as json
--pretty Make pretty indented output (use with --json)

Examples:
redis-dump
redis-dump -p 6500
redis-dump -p 6500 -a password
redis-dump -f 'mydb:*' > mydb.dump.txt
redis-dump --json > mydb.json

The output is a valid list of redis commands.
That means the following will work:
redis-dump > dump.txt # Dump redis database
cat dump.txt | redis-cli # Import redis database from generated file
`

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Let's say we have created a brand new redis database and have got the data generated from these commands:

`
RPUSH mydb:numberlist one two three
SADD mydb:numberset one two three
ZADD mydb:sortednumberset 1000 one 2000 two 3000 three
HMSET mydb:article:4 title 'Hello World' id 4
SET mydb:numvisits 34
SET mydb:volatile 'nothing important'
EXPIRE mydb:volatile 3600
`

If we call redis-dump, the output will look like this:

` bash
$ redis-dump -f 'mydb:*'
DEL mydb:numberlist
RPUSH mydb:numberlist one two three
DEL mydb:numberset
SADD mydb:numberset three two one
DEL mydb:sortednumberset
ZADD mydb:sortednumberset 1000 one 2000 two 3000 three
DEL mydb:article:4
HMSET mydb:article:4 title 'Hello World' id 4
SET mydb:numvisits 34
DEL mydb:volatile
SET mydb:volatile 'nothing important'
EXPIRE mydb:volatile 3600
`

And with json output:

` bash
$ redis-dump -f 'mydb:*' --json
{"mydb:numberlist":{"type":"list","value":["one","two","three"]},"mydb:numberset":{"type":"set","value":["three","two","one"]},"mydb:sortednumberset":{"type":"zset","value":[[1000,"one"],[2000,"two"],[3000,"three"]]},"mydb:volatile":{"type":"string","value":"nothing important","ttl":3466},"mydb:article:4":{"type":"hash","value":{"title":"Hello World","id":"4"}},"mydb:numvisits":{"type":"string","value":"34"}}

$ redis-dump -f 'mydb:*' --json --pretty > mydb.json
`

The json maps all the informations from redis database in a handy way for other programming languages.

` js
{
"mydb:numberlist": {
"type": "list",
"value": [
"one",
"two",
"three"
]
},
"mydb:numberset": {
"type": "set",
"value": [
"three",
"two",
"one"
]
},
"mydb:sortednumberset": {
"type": "zset",
"value": [
[
1000,
"one"
],
[
2000,
"two"
],
[
3000,
"three"
]
]
},
"mydb:volatile": {
"type": "string",
"value": "nothing important",
"ttl": 3466
},
"mydb:article:4": {
"type": "hash",
"value": {
"title": "Hello World",
"id": "4"
}
},
"mydb:numvisits": {
"type": "string",
"value": "34"
}
}
`

You can also convert json back to redis commands.

` bash
$ cat mydb.json | redis-dump --convert
DEL mydb:numberlist
RPUSH mydb:numberlist one two three
DEL mydb:numberset
SADD mydb:numberset three two one
DEL mydb:sortednumberset
ZADD mydb:sortednumberset 1000 one 2000 two 3000 three
DEL mydb:article:4
HMSET mydb:article:4 title 'Hello World' id 4
SET mydb:numvisits 34
DEL mydb:volatile
SET mydb:volatile 'nothing important'
EXPIRE mydb:volatile 3466
`

Then, import your data back to redis can be done in one line from either format:

` bash
$ cat mydb.json | redis-dump --convert | redis-cli # from json

$ cat dump.txt | redis-cli # from redis commands
`

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You can also use redis-dump from inside your own node.js code.

` js
var dump = require('redis-dump');

dump({
// These are default values, you can omit them
filter: '*',
port: 6379,
host: '127.0.0.1'
},
function(err, result){
// Do something with result
});
``

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Jérémy Faivre <contact@jeremyfa.com>

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