Redis for .NET Developers

Sample C# code for the Redis for .NET Developers blog series on taswar.zeytinsoft.com. Each folder is a small, self-contained project covering one Redis feature, using the StackExchange.Redis client.

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Samples

#	Topic	Project	Blog post
1	Connecting to Redis (.NET Framework and .NET Core)	1.RedisConnection	Connecting with C#
2	String data type	2.RedisString	String data type
3	Strings as integers	3.RedisStringsAsInt	String data type, part 2
4	Hash data type	4.RedisHashes	Hash data type
5	List data type	5.RedisList	List data type
6	Set data type	6.RedisSet	Set data type
7	Sorted set data type	7.RedisSortedSets	Sorted set data type
8	HyperLogLog	8.RedisHyperLogLog	HyperLogLog
9	Pub/Sub	9.RedisPubSub	Pub/Sub
10	Pipelining and batching	10.RedisPipeline	Pipeline and batching
11	Transactions	11.RedisTransaction	Transactions
12	Lua scripting	12.RedisLua	Lua scripting
13	Geospatial commands (with Ottawa open data)	13.RedisGeo	GeoSpatial
14	ASP.NET Core Web API with Redis	14.RedisAspDotNetCore	Redis with ASP.NET Core Web API

More in the series, without code samples: Redis running in Docker, Redis password, Redis Sentinel, Redis in Azure and Redis in AWS ElastiCache.

Prerequisites

• A running Redis server. The quickest way is Docker (see Redis running in Docker):

  docker run -d --name redis -p 6379:6379 redis

• Samples 1–13 (.NET Framework): Visual Studio with .NET Framework 4.5.2–4.6.2. NuGet packages restore on build.

• .NET Core samples (1.RedisConnection/RedisConnectionDotNetCore, 14.RedisAspDotNetCore): the .NET SDK. These target netcoreapp2.2, so you may need to change TargetFramework in the .csproj to a version you have installed.

Quick start

git clone https://github.com/taswar/RedisForNetDevelopers.git
cd RedisForNetDevelopers

Configuring the Redis connection

The samples were written against Redis running in Docker on different ports, so check the endpoint before you run one:

Project type	Where to set it	Key
.NET Framework console apps	App.config	redis.connection (for example localhost:6379)
.NET Core console app	appsettings.json	redis.connection
ASP.NET Core Web API	appsettings.json	Redis:Hosts

Running a sample

.NET Framework: open the .sln file in the sample's folder in Visual Studio, set the endpoint in App.config, and press F5.

.NET Core:

cd 1.RedisConnection/RedisConnectionDotNetCore
dotnet run

cd 14.RedisAspDotNetCore/RedisAspDotNetCoreWebApiSample
dotnet run

The Web API exposes its endpoints under api/redis; see RedisController.cs.

Contributing

Fixes and updates are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

MIT © Taswar Bhatti