Step 1. Install the pre-requisites#
Version 1.0.0 marks the first stable release of Hiredis. Follow the below steps to install the pre-requisite packages in order to compile the latest version of hiredis.
Run the below command to run Redis server
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In order to use Redis with C, you need a C Redis client. For your first steps with C and Redis, this article will show how to use the recommended library: hiredis.
Version 1.0.0 marks the first stable release of Hiredis. Follow the below steps to install the pre-requisite packages in order to compile the latest version of hiredis.
Run the below command to run Redis server
brew install gcc make redis-serverwget https://github.com/redis/hiredis/archive/master.zip
make
make install #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <hiredis/hiredis.h>
int main (int argc, char **argv) {
redisReply *reply;
redisContext *c;
c = redisConnect("127.0.0.1", 6381);
if (c->err) {
printf("error: %s\n", c->errstr);
return 1;
}
/* PINGs */
reply = redisCommand(c,"PING %s", "Hello World");
printf("RESPONSE: %s\n", reply->str);
freeReplyObject(reply);
redisFree(c);
} gcc redistest.c -o redistest -I /usr/local/include/hiredis -lhiredis ./redistest
RESPONSE: Hello World