Question: How to Connect to Redis ElastiCache from Node.js

Answer

To connect to a Redis ElastiCache cluster from a Node.js application, follow these steps:

1. Install the redis package using npm:

   npm install redis
   

2. Import the redis package in your Node.js file and create a Redis client instance with the appropriate configuration options:

   const redis = require('redis');
   
   // Replace the following values with your ElastiCache configuration details
   const host = 'your-elasticache-endpoint-url';
   const port = 6379; // Default Redis port
   
   // Create the Redis client
   const client = redis.createClient({ host, port });
   

3. Configure error and connection event handlers for the Redis client:

   // Handle errors
   client.on('error', (error) => {
     console.error(`Redis error: ${error}`);
   });
   
   // Connection event
   client.on('connect', () => {
     console.info('Connected to ElastiCache Redis');
   });
   

4. Use the Redis client to interact with your ElastiCache instance using available Redis commands:

   // Set a key-value pair in the cache
   client.set('my_key', 'my_value', (err, response) => {
     if (err) {
       console.error(`Set error: ${err}`);
     } else {
       console.log(`Set response: ${response}`);
     }
   });
   
   // Retrieve the value of the key from the cache
   client.get('my_key', (err, value) => {
     if (err) {
       console.error(`Get error: ${err}`);
     } else {
       console.log(`Get value: ${value}`);
     }
   });
   

5. Remember to close the connection when you're done using it:

   client.quit();
   

Here's a full example:

const redis = require('redis');

const host = 'your-elasticache-endpoint-url';
const port = 6379;

const client = redis.createClient({ host, port });

client.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error(`Redis error: ${error}`);
});

client.on('connect', () => {
  console.info('Connected to ElastiCache Redis');
});

client.set('my_key', 'my_value', (err, response) => {
  if (err) {
    console.error(`Set error: ${err}`);
  } else {
    console.log(`Set response: ${response}`);
  }
});

client.get('my_key', (err, value) => {
  if (err) {
    console.error(`Get error: ${err}`);
  } else {
    console.log(`Get value: ${value}`);
  }
});

// Close the connection when you're done
client.quit();

Make sure to replace your-elasticache-endpoint-url with your actual ElastiCache cluster endpoint URL and customize the code as needed.