Modules API reference

RedisModule_Alloc

void *RedisModule_Alloc(size_t bytes);

Use like malloc(). Memory allocated with this function is reported in
Redis INFO memory, used for keys eviction according to maxmemory settings
and in general is taken into account as memory allocated by Redis.
You should avoid using malloc().

RedisModule_Calloc

void *RedisModule_Calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);

Use like calloc(). Memory allocated with this function is reported in
Redis INFO memory, used for keys eviction according to maxmemory settings
and in general is taken into account as memory allocated by Redis.
You should avoid using calloc() directly.

RedisModule_Realloc

void RedisModule_Realloc(void ptr, size_t bytes);

Use like realloc() for memory obtained with RedisModule_Alloc().

RedisModule_Free

void RedisModule_Free(void *ptr);

Use like free() for memory obtained by RedisModule_Alloc() and
RedisModule_Realloc(). However you should never try to free with
RedisModule_Free() memory allocated with malloc() inside your module.

RedisModule_Strdup

char RedisModule_Strdup(const char str);

Like strdup() but returns memory allocated with RedisModule_Alloc().

RedisModule_PoolAlloc

void RedisModule_PoolAlloc(RedisModuleCtx ctx, size_t bytes);

Return heap allocated memory that will be freed automatically when the
module callback function returns. Mostly suitable for small allocations
that are short living and must be released when the callback returns
anyway. The returned memory is aligned to the architecture word size
if at least word size bytes are requested, otherwise it is just
aligned to the next power of two, so for example a 3 bytes request is
4 bytes aligned while a 2 bytes request is 2 bytes aligned.

There is no realloc style function since when this is needed to use the
pool allocator is not a good idea.

The function returns NULL if bytes is 0.

RedisModule_GetApi

int RedisModule_GetApi(const char funcname, void *targetPtrPtr);

Lookup the requested module API and store the function pointer into the
target pointer. The function returns REDISMODULE_ERR if there is no such
named API, otherwise REDISMODULE_OK.

This function is not meant to be used by modules developer, it is only
used implicitly by including redismodule.h.

RedisModule_IsKeysPositionRequest

int RedisModule_IsKeysPositionRequest(RedisModuleCtx *ctx);

Return non-zero if a module command, that was declared with the
flag "getkeys-api", is called in a special way to get the keys positions
and not to get executed. Otherwise zero is returned.

RedisModule_KeyAtPos

void RedisModule_KeyAtPos(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, int pos);

When a module command is called in order to obtain the position of
keys, since it was flagged as "getkeys-api" during the registration,
the command implementation checks for this special call using the
RedisModule_IsKeysPositionRequest() API and uses this function in
order to report keys, like in the following example:

if (RedisModule_IsKeysPositionRequest(ctx)) {
    RedisModule_KeyAtPos(ctx,1);
    RedisModule_KeyAtPos(ctx,2);
}

Note: in the example below the get keys API would not be needed since
keys are at fixed positions. This interface is only used for commands
with a more complex structure.

RedisModule_CreateCommand

int RedisModule_CreateCommand(RedisModuleCtx ctx, const char name, RedisModuleCmdFunc cmdfunc, const char *strflags, int firstkey, int lastkey, int keystep);

Register a new command in the Redis server, that will be handled by
calling the function pointer 'func' using the RedisModule calling
convention. The function returns REDISMODULE_ERR if the specified command
name is already busy or a set of invalid flags were passed, otherwise
REDISMODULE_OK is returned and the new command is registered.

This function must be called during the initialization of the module
inside the RedisModule_OnLoad() function. Calling this function outside
of the initialization function is not defined.

The command function type is the following:

 int MyCommand_RedisCommand(RedisModuleCtx ctx, RedisModuleString *argv, int argc);

And is supposed to always return REDISMODULE_OK.

The set of flags 'strflags' specify the behavior of the command, and should
be passed as a C string compoesd of space separated words, like for
example "write deny-oom". The set of flags are:

• "write": The command may modify the data set (it may also read
  from it).
• "readonly": The command returns data from keys but never writes.
• "admin": The command is an administrative command (may change
  replication or perform similar tasks).
• "deny-oom": The command may use additional memory and should be
  denied during out of memory conditions.
• "deny-script": Don't allow this command in Lua scripts.
• "allow-loading": Allow this command while the server is loading data.
  Only commands not interacting with the data set
  should be allowed to run in this mode. If not sure
  don't use this flag.
• "pubsub": The command publishes things on Pub/Sub channels.
• "random": The command may have different outputs even starting
  from the same input arguments and key values.
• "allow-stale": The command is allowed to run on slaves that don't
  serve stale data. Don't use if you don't know what
  this means.
• "no-monitor": Don't propoagate the command on monitor. Use this if
  the command has sensible data among the arguments.
• "fast": The command time complexity is not greater
  than O(log(N)) where N is the size of the collection or
  anything else representing the normal scalability
  issue with the command.
• "getkeys-api": The command implements the interface to return
  the arguments that are keys. Used when start/stop/step
  is not enough because of the command syntax.
• "no-cluster": The command should not register in Redis Cluster
  since is not designed to work with it because, for
  example, is unable to report the position of the
  keys, programmatically creates key names, or any
  other reason.

RedisModule_SetModuleAttribs

void RedisModule_SetModuleAttribs(RedisModuleCtx ctx, const char name, int ver, int apiver);

Called by RM_Init() to setup the ctx->module structure.

This is an internal function, Redis modules developers don't need
to use it.

RedisModule_Milliseconds

long long RedisModule_Milliseconds(void);

Return the current UNIX time in milliseconds.

RedisModule_AutoMemory

void RedisModule_AutoMemory(RedisModuleCtx *ctx);

Enable automatic memory management. See API.md for more information.

The function must be called as the first function of a command implementation
that wants to use automatic memory.

RedisModule_CreateString

RedisModuleString RedisModule_CreateString(RedisModuleCtx ctx, const char *ptr, size_t len);

Create a new module string object. The returned string must be freed
with RedisModule_FreeString(), unless automatic memory is enabled.

The string is created by copying the len bytes starting
at ptr. No reference is retained to the passed buffer.

RedisModule_CreateStringPrintf

RedisModuleString RedisModule_CreateStringPrintf(RedisModuleCtx ctx, const char *fmt, ...);

Create a new module string object from a printf format and arguments.
The returned string must be freed with RedisModule_FreeString(), unless
automatic memory is enabled.

The string is created using the sds formatter function sdscatvprintf().

RedisModule_CreateStringFromLongLong

RedisModuleString RedisModule_CreateStringFromLongLong(RedisModuleCtx ctx, long long ll);

Like RedisModule_CreatString(), but creates a string starting from a long long
integer instead of taking a buffer and its length.

The returned string must be released with RedisModule_FreeString() or by
enabling automatic memory management.

RedisModule_CreateStringFromString

RedisModuleString RedisModule_CreateStringFromString(RedisModuleCtx ctx, const RedisModuleString *str);

Like RedisModule_CreatString(), but creates a string starting from another
RedisModuleString.

The returned string must be released with RedisModule_FreeString() or by
enabling automatic memory management.

RedisModule_FreeString

void RedisModule_FreeString(RedisModuleCtx ctx, RedisModuleString str);

Free a module string object obtained with one of the Redis modules API calls
that return new string objects.

It is possible to call this function even when automatic memory management
is enabled. In that case the string will be released ASAP and removed
from the pool of string to release at the end.

RedisModule_RetainString

void RedisModule_RetainString(RedisModuleCtx ctx, RedisModuleString str);

Every call to this function, will make the string 'str' requiring
an additional call to RedisModule_FreeString() in order to really
free the string. Note that the automatic freeing of the string obtained
enabling modules automatic memory management counts for one
RedisModule_FreeString() call (it is just executed automatically).

Normally you want to call this function when, at the same time
the following conditions are true:

1) You have automatic memory management enabled.
2) You want to create string objects.
3) Those string objects you create need to live after the callback
function(for example a command implementation) creating them returns.

Usually you want this in order to store the created string object
into your own data structure, for example when implementing a new data
type.

Note that when memory management is turned off, you don't need
any call to RetainString() since creating a string will always result
into a string that lives after the callback function returns, if
no FreeString() call is performed.

RedisModule_StringPtrLen

const char RedisModule_StringPtrLen(const RedisModuleString str, size_t *len);

Given a string module object, this function returns the string pointer
and length of the string. The returned pointer and length should only
be used for read only accesses and never modified.

RedisModule_StringToLongLong

int RedisModule_StringToLongLong(const RedisModuleString str, long long ll);

Convert the string into a long long integer, storing it at *ll.
Returns REDISMODULE_OK on success. If the string can't be parsed
as a valid, strict long long (no spaces before/after), REDISMODULE_ERR
is returned.

RedisModule_StringToDouble

int RedisModule_StringToDouble(const RedisModuleString str, double d);

Convert the string into a double, storing it at *d.
Returns REDISMODULE_OK on success or REDISMODULE_ERR if the string is
not a valid string representation of a double value.

RedisModule_StringCompare

int RedisModule_StringCompare(RedisModuleString a, RedisModuleString b);

Compare two string objects, returning -1, 0 or 1 respectively if
a < b, a == b, a > b. Strings are compared byte by byte as two
binary blobs without any encoding care / collation attempt.

RedisModule_StringAppendBuffer

int RedisModule_StringAppendBuffer(RedisModuleCtx ctx, RedisModuleString str, const char *buf, size_t len);

Append the specified buffere to the string 'str'. The string must be a
string created by the user that is referenced only a single time, otherwise
REDISMODULE_ERR is returend and the operation is not performed.

RedisModule_WrongArity

int RedisModule_WrongArity(RedisModuleCtx *ctx);

Send an error about the number of arguments given to the command,
citing the command name in the error message.

Example:

if (argc != 3) return RedisModule_WrongArity(ctx);

RedisModule_ReplyWithLongLong

int RedisModule_ReplyWithLongLong(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, long long ll);

Send an integer reply to the client, with the specified long long value.
The function always returns REDISMODULE_OK.

RedisModule_ReplyWithError

int RedisModule_ReplyWithError(RedisModuleCtx ctx, const char err);

Reply with the error 'err'.

Note that 'err' must contain all the error, including
the initial error code. The function only provides the initial "-", so
the usage is, for example:

RedisModule_ReplyWithError(ctx,"ERR Wrong Type");

and not just:

RedisModule_ReplyWithError(ctx,"Wrong Type");

The function always returns REDISMODULE_OK.

RedisModule_ReplyWithSimpleString

int RedisModule_ReplyWithSimpleString(RedisModuleCtx ctx, const char msg);

Reply with a simple string (+... \r\n in RESP protocol). This replies
are suitable only when sending a small non-binary string with small
overhead, like "OK" or similar replies.

The function always returns REDISMODULE_OK.

RedisModule_ReplyWithArray

int RedisModule_ReplyWithArray(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, long len);

Reply with an array type of 'len' elements. However 'len' other calls
to ReplyWith* style functions must follow in order to emit the elements
of the array.

When producing arrays with a number of element that is not known beforehand
the function can be called with the special count
REDISMODULE_POSTPONED_ARRAY_LEN, and the actual number of elements can be
later set with RedisModule_ReplySetArrayLength() (which will set the
latest "open" count if there are multiple ones).

The function always returns REDISMODULE_OK.

RedisModule_ReplySetArrayLength

void RedisModule_ReplySetArrayLength(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, long len);

When RedisModule_ReplyWithArray() is used with the argument
REDISMODULE_POSTPONED_ARRAY_LEN, because we don't know beforehand the number
of items we are going to output as elements of the array, this function
will take care to set the array length.

Since it is possible to have multiple array replies pending with unknown
length, this function guarantees to always set the latest array length
that was created in a postponed way.

For example in order to output an array like [1,[10,20,30]] we
could write:

 RedisModule_ReplyWithArray(ctx,REDISMODULE_POSTPONED_ARRAY_LEN);
 RedisModule_ReplyWithLongLong(ctx,1);
 RedisModule_ReplyWithArray(ctx,REDISMODULE_POSTPONED_ARRAY_LEN);
 RedisModule_ReplyWithLongLong(ctx,10);
 RedisModule_ReplyWithLongLong(ctx,20);
 RedisModule_ReplyWithLongLong(ctx,30);
 RedisModule_ReplySetArrayLength(ctx,3); // Set len of 10,20,30 array.
 RedisModule_ReplySetArrayLength(ctx,2); // Set len of top array

Note that in the above example there is no reason to postpone the array
length, since we produce a fixed number of elements, but in the practice
the code may use an interator or other ways of creating the output so
that is not easy to calculate in advance the number of elements.

RedisModule_ReplyWithStringBuffer

int RedisModule_ReplyWithStringBuffer(RedisModuleCtx ctx, const char buf, size_t len);

Reply with a bulk string, taking in input a C buffer pointer and length.

The function always returns REDISMODULE_OK.

RedisModule_ReplyWithString

int RedisModule_ReplyWithString(RedisModuleCtx ctx, RedisModuleString str);

Reply with a bulk string, taking in input a RedisModuleString object.

The function always returns REDISMODULE_OK.

RedisModule_ReplyWithNull

int RedisModule_ReplyWithNull(RedisModuleCtx *ctx);

Reply to the client with a NULL. In the RESP protocol a NULL is encoded
as the string "$-1\r\n".

The function always returns REDISMODULE_OK.

RedisModule_ReplyWithCallReply

int RedisModule_ReplyWithCallReply(RedisModuleCtx ctx, RedisModuleCallReply reply);

Reply exactly what a Redis command returned us with RedisModule_Call().
This function is useful when we use RedisModule_Call() in order to
execute some command, as we want to reply to the client exactly the
same reply we obtained by the command.

The function always returns REDISMODULE_OK.

RedisModule_ReplyWithDouble

int RedisModule_ReplyWithDouble(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, double d);

Send a string reply obtained converting the double 'd' into a bulk string.
This function is basically equivalent to converting a double into
a string into a C buffer, and then calling the function
RedisModule_ReplyWithStringBuffer() with the buffer and length.

The function always returns REDISMODULE_OK.

RedisModule_Replicate

int RedisModule_Replicate(RedisModuleCtx ctx, const char cmdname, const char *fmt, ...);

Replicate the specified command and arguments to slaves and AOF, as effect
of execution of the calling command implementation.

The replicated commands are always wrapped into the MULTI/EXEC that
contains all the commands replicated in a given module command
execution. However the commands replicated with RedisModule_Call()
are the first items, the ones replicated with RedisModule_Replicate()
will all follow before the EXEC.

Modules should try to use one interface or the other.

This command follows exactly the same interface of RedisModule_Call(),
so a set of format specifiers must be passed, followed by arguments
matching the provided format specifiers.

Please refer to RedisModule_Call() for more information.

The command returns REDISMODULE_ERR if the format specifiers are invalid
or the command name does not belong to a known command.

RedisModule_ReplicateVerbatim

int RedisModule_ReplicateVerbatim(RedisModuleCtx *ctx);

This function will replicate the command exactly as it was invoked
by the client. Note that this function will not wrap the command into
a MULTI/EXEC stanza, so it should not be mixed with other replication
commands.

Basically this form of replication is useful when you want to propagate
the command to the slaves and AOF file exactly as it was called, since
the command can just be re-executed to deterministically re-create the
new state starting from the old one.

The function always returns REDISMODULE_OK.

RedisModule_GetClientId

unsigned long long RedisModule_GetClientId(RedisModuleCtx *ctx);

Return the ID of the current client calling the currently active module
command. The returned ID has a few guarantees:

1. The ID is different for each different client, so if the same client
   executes a module command multiple times, it can be recognized as
   having the same ID, otherwise the ID will be different.
2. The ID increases monotonically. Clients connecting to the server later
   are guaranteed to get IDs greater than any past ID previously seen.

Valid IDs are from 1 to 2^64-1. If 0 is returned it means there is no way
to fetch the ID in the context the function was currently called.

RedisModule_GetSelectedDb

int RedisModule_GetSelectedDb(RedisModuleCtx *ctx);

Return the currently selected DB.

RedisModule_SelectDb

int RedisModule_SelectDb(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, int newid);

Change the currently selected DB. Returns an error if the id
is out of range.

Note that the client will retain the currently selected DB even after
the Redis command implemented by the module calling this function
returns.

If the module command wishes to change something in a different DB and
returns back to the original one, it should call RedisModule_GetSelectedDb()
before in order to restore the old DB number before returning.

RedisModule_OpenKey

void RedisModule_OpenKey(RedisModuleCtx ctx, robj *keyname, int mode);

Return an handle representing a Redis key, so that it is possible
to call other APIs with the key handle as argument to perform
operations on the key.

The return value is the handle repesenting the key, that must be
closed with RM_CloseKey().

If the key does not exist and WRITE mode is requested, the handle
is still returned, since it is possible to perform operations on
a yet not existing key (that will be created, for example, after
a list push operation). If the mode is just READ instead, and the
key does not exist, NULL is returned. However it is still safe to
call RedisModule_CloseKey() and RedisModule_KeyType() on a NULL
value.

RedisModule_CloseKey

void RedisModule_CloseKey(RedisModuleKey *key);

Close a key handle.

RedisModule_KeyType

int RedisModule_KeyType(RedisModuleKey *key);

Return the type of the key. If the key pointer is NULL then
REDISMODULE_KEYTYPE_EMPTY is returned.

RedisModule_ValueLength

size_t RedisModule_ValueLength(RedisModuleKey *key);

Return the length of the value associated with the key.
For strings this is the length of the string. For all the other types
is the number of elements (just counting keys for hashes).

If the key pointer is NULL or the key is empty, zero is returned.

RedisModule_DeleteKey

int RedisModule_DeleteKey(RedisModuleKey *key);

If the key is open for writing, remove it, and setup the key to
accept new writes as an empty key (that will be created on demand).
On success REDISMODULE_OK is returned. If the key is not open for
writing REDISMODULE_ERR is returned.

RedisModule_GetExpire

mstime_t RedisModule_GetExpire(RedisModuleKey *key);

Return the key expire value, as milliseconds of remaining TTL.
If no TTL is associated with the key or if the key is empty,
REDISMODULE_NO_EXPIRE is returned.

RedisModule_SetExpire

int RedisModule_SetExpire(RedisModuleKey *key, mstime_t expire);

Set a new expire for the key. If the special expire
REDISMODULE_NO_EXPIRE is set, the expire is cancelled if there was
one (the same as the PERSIST command).

Note that the expire must be provided as a positive integer representing
the number of milliseconds of TTL the key should have.

The function returns REDISMODULE_OK on success or REDISMODULE_ERR if
the key was not open for writing or is an empty key.

RedisModule_StringSet

int RedisModule_StringSet(RedisModuleKey key, RedisModuleString str);

If the key is open for writing, set the specified string 'str' as the
value of the key, deleting the old value if any.
On success REDISMODULE_OK is returned. If the key is not open for
writing or there is an active iterator, REDISMODULE_ERR is returned.

RedisModule_StringDMA

char RedisModule_StringDMA(RedisModuleKey key, size_t *len, int mode);

Prepare the key associated string value for DMA access, and returns
a pointer and size (by reference), that the user can use to read or
modify the string in-place accessing it directly via pointer.

The 'mode' is composed by bitwise OR-ing the following flags:

REDISMODULE_READ -- Read access
REDISMODULE_WRITE -- Write access

If the DMA is not requested for writing, the pointer returned should
only be accessed in a read-only fashion.

On error (wrong type) NULL is returned.

DMA access rules:

1. No other key writing function should be called since the moment
   the pointer is obtained, for all the time we want to use DMA access
   to read or modify the string.
2. Each time RM_StringTruncate() is called, to continue with the DMA
   access, RM_StringDMA() should be called again to re-obtain
   a new pointer and length.
3. If the returned pointer is not NULL, but the length is zero, no
   byte can be touched (the string is empty, or the key itself is empty)
   so a RM_StringTruncate() call should be used if there is to enlarge
   the string, and later call StringDMA() again to get the pointer.

RedisModule_StringTruncate

int RedisModule_StringTruncate(RedisModuleKey *key, size_t newlen);

If the string is open for writing and is of string type, resize it, padding
with zero bytes if the new length is greater than the old one.

After this call, RM_StringDMA() must be called again to continue
DMA access with the new pointer.

The function returns REDISMODULE_OK on success, and REDISMODULE_ERR on
error, that is, the key is not open for writing, is not a string
or resizing for more than 512 MB is requested.

If the key is empty, a string key is created with the new string value
unless the new length value requested is zero.

RedisModule_ListPush

int RedisModule_ListPush(RedisModuleKey key, int where, RedisModuleString ele);

Push an element into a list, on head or tail depending on 'where' argumnet.
If the key pointer is about an empty key opened for writing, the key
is created. On error (key opened for read-only operations or of the wrong
type) REDISMODULE_ERR is returned, otherwise REDISMODULE_OK is returned.

RedisModule_ListPop

RedisModuleString RedisModule_ListPop(RedisModuleKey key, int where);

Pop an element from the list, and returns it as a module string object
that the user should be free with RM_FreeString() or by enabling
automatic memory. 'where' specifies if the element should be popped from
head or tail. The command returns NULL if:
1) The list is empty.
2) The key was not open for writing.
3) The key is not a list.

RedisModule_ZsetAddFlagsToCoreFlags

int RedisModule_ZsetAddFlagsToCoreFlags(int flags);

Conversion from/to public flags of the Modules API and our private flags,
so that we have everything decoupled.

RedisModule_ZsetAddFlagsFromCoreFlags

int RedisModule_ZsetAddFlagsFromCoreFlags(int flags);

See previous function comment.

RedisModule_ZsetAdd

int RedisModule_ZsetAdd(RedisModuleKey key, double score, RedisModuleString ele, int *flagsptr);

Add a new element into a sorted set, with the specified 'score'.
If the element already exists, the score is updated.

A new sorted set is created at value if the key is an empty open key
setup for writing.

Additional flags can be passed to the function via a pointer, the flags
are both used to receive input and to communicate state when the function
returns. 'flagsptr' can be NULL if no special flags are used.

The input flags are:

REDISMODULE_ZADD_XX: Element must already exist. Do nothing otherwise.
REDISMODULE_ZADD_NX: Element must not exist. Do nothing otherwise.

The output flags are:

REDISMODULE_ZADD_ADDED: The new element was added to the sorted set.
REDISMODULE_ZADD_UPDATED: The score of the element was updated.
REDISMODULE_ZADD_NOP: No operation was performed because XX or NX flags.

On success the function returns REDISMODULE_OK. On the following errors
REDISMODULE_ERR is returned:

• The key was not opened for writing.
• The key is of the wrong type.
• 'score' double value is not a number (NaN).

RedisModule_ZsetIncrby

int RedisModule_ZsetIncrby(RedisModuleKey key, double score, RedisModuleString ele, int flagsptr, double newscore);

This function works exactly like RM_ZsetAdd(), but instead of setting
a new score, the score of the existing element is incremented, or if the
element does not already exist, it is added assuming the old score was
zero.

The input and output flags, and the return value, have the same exact
meaning, with the only difference that this function will return
REDISMODULE_ERR even when 'score' is a valid double number, but adding it
to the existing score resuts into a NaN (not a number) condition.

This function has an additional field 'newscore', if not NULL is filled
with the new score of the element after the increment, if no error
is returned.

RedisModule_ZsetRem

int RedisModule_ZsetRem(RedisModuleKey key, RedisModuleString ele, int *deleted);

Remove the specified element from the sorted set.
The function returns REDISMODULE_OK on success, and REDISMODULE_ERR
on one of the following conditions:

• The key was not opened for writing.
• The key is of the wrong type.

The return value does NOT indicate the fact the element was really
removed (since it existed) or not, just if the function was executed
with success.

In order to know if the element was removed, the additional argument
'deleted' must be passed, that populates the integer by reference
setting it to 1 or 0 depending on the outcome of the operation.
The 'deleted' argument can be NULL if the caller is not interested
to know if the element was really removed.

Empty keys will be handled correctly by doing nothing.

RedisModule_ZsetScore

int RedisModule_ZsetScore(RedisModuleKey key, RedisModuleString ele, double *score);

On success retrieve the double score associated at the sorted set element
'ele' and returns REDISMODULE_OK. Otherwise REDISMODULE_ERR is returned
to signal one of the following conditions:

• There is no such element 'ele' in the sorted set.
• The key is not a sorted set.
• The key is an open empty key.

RedisModule_ZsetRangeStop

void RedisModule_ZsetRangeStop(RedisModuleKey *key);

Stop a sorted set iteration.

RedisModule_ZsetRangeEndReached

int RedisModule_ZsetRangeEndReached(RedisModuleKey *key);

Return the "End of range" flag value to signal the end of the iteration.

RedisModule_ZsetFirstInScoreRange

int RedisModule_ZsetFirstInScoreRange(RedisModuleKey *key, double min, double max, int minex, int maxex);

Setup a sorted set iterator seeking the first element in the specified
range. Returns REDISMODULE_OK if the iterator was correctly initialized
otherwise REDISMODULE_ERR is returned in the following conditions:

1. The value stored at key is not a sorted set or the key is empty.

The range is specified according to the two double values 'min' and 'max'.
Both can be infinite using the following two macros:

REDISMODULE_POSITIVE_INFINITE for positive infinite value
REDISMODULE_NEGATIVE_INFINITE for negative infinite value

'minex' and 'maxex' parameters, if true, respectively setup a range
where the min and max value are exclusive (not included) instead of
inclusive.

RedisModule_ZsetLastInScoreRange

int RedisModule_ZsetLastInScoreRange(RedisModuleKey *key, double min, double max, int minex, int maxex);

Exactly like RedisModule_ZsetFirstInScoreRange() but the last element of
the range is selected for the start of the iteration instead.

RedisModule_ZsetFirstInLexRange

int RedisModule_ZsetFirstInLexRange(RedisModuleKey key, RedisModuleString min, RedisModuleString *max);

Setup a sorted set iterator seeking the first element in the specified
lexicographical range. Returns REDISMODULE_OK if the iterator was correctly
initialized otherwise REDISMODULE_ERR is returned in the
following conditions:

1. The value stored at key is not a sorted set or the key is empty.
2. The lexicographical range 'min' and 'max' format is invalid.

'min' and 'max' should be provided as two RedisModuleString objects
in the same format as the parameters passed to the ZRANGEBYLEX command.
The function does not take ownership of the objects, so they can be released
ASAP after the iterator is setup.

RedisModule_ZsetLastInLexRange

int RedisModule_ZsetLastInLexRange(RedisModuleKey key, RedisModuleString min, RedisModuleString *max);

Exactly like RedisModule_ZsetFirstInLexRange() but the last element of
the range is selected for the start of the iteration instead.

RedisModule_ZsetRangeCurrentElement

RedisModuleString RedisModule_ZsetRangeCurrentElement(RedisModuleKey key, double *score);

Return the current sorted set element of an active sorted set iterator
or NULL if the range specified in the iterator does not include any
element.

RedisModule_ZsetRangeNext

int RedisModule_ZsetRangeNext(RedisModuleKey *key);

Go to the next element of the sorted set iterator. Returns 1 if there was
a next element, 0 if we are already at the latest element or the range
does not include any item at all.

RedisModule_ZsetRangePrev

int RedisModule_ZsetRangePrev(RedisModuleKey *key);

Go to the previous element of the sorted set iterator. Returns 1 if there was
a previous element, 0 if we are already at the first element or the range
does not include any item at all.

RedisModule_HashSet

int RedisModule_HashSet(RedisModuleKey *key, int flags, ...);

Set the field of the specified hash field to the specified value.
If the key is an empty key open for writing, it is created with an empty
hash value, in order to set the specified field.

The function is variadic and the user must specify pairs of field
names and values, both as RedisModuleString pointers (unless the
CFIELD option is set, see later).

Example to set the hash argv[1] to the value argv[2]:

 RedisModule_HashSet(key,REDISMODULE_HASH_NONE,argv[1],argv[2],NULL);

The function can also be used in order to delete fields (if they exist)
by setting them to the specified value of REDISMODULE_HASH_DELETE:

 RedisModule_HashSet(key,REDISMODULE_HASH_NONE,argv[1],
                     REDISMODULE_HASH_DELETE,NULL);

The behavior of the command changes with the specified flags, that can be
set to REDISMODULE_HASH_NONE if no special behavior is needed.

REDISMODULE_HASH_NX: The operation is performed only if the field was not
                     already existing in the hash.
REDISMODULE_HASH_XX: The operation is performed only if the field was
                     already existing, so that a new value could be
                     associated to an existing filed, but no new fields
                     are created.
REDISMODULE_HASH_CFIELDS: The field names passed are null terminated C
                          strings instead of RedisModuleString objects.

Unless NX is specified, the command overwrites the old field value with
the new one.

When using REDISMODULE_HASH_CFIELDS, field names are reported using
normal C strings, so for example to delete the field "foo" the following
code can be used:

 RedisModule_HashSet(key,REDISMODULE_HASH_CFIELDS,"foo",
                     REDISMODULE_HASH_DELETE,NULL);

Return value:

The number of fields updated (that may be less than the number of fields
specified because of the XX or NX options).

In the following case the return value is always zero:

• The key was not open for writing.
• The key was associated with a non Hash value.

RedisModule_HashGet

int RedisModule_HashGet(RedisModuleKey *key, int flags, ...);

Get fields from an hash value. This function is called using a variable
number of arguments, alternating a field name (as a StringRedisModule
pointer) with a pointer to a StringRedisModule pointer, that is set to the
value of the field if the field exist, or NULL if the field did not exist.
At the end of the field/value-ptr pairs, NULL must be specified as last
argument to signal the end of the arguments in the variadic function.

This is an example usage:

 RedisModuleString first, second;
 RedisModule_HashGet(mykey,REDISMODULE_HASH_NONE,argv[1],&first,
                 argv[2],&second,NULL);

As with RedisModule_HashSet() the behavior of the command can be specified
passing flags different than REDISMODULE_HASH_NONE:

REDISMODULE_HASH_CFIELD: field names as null terminated C strings.

REDISMODULE_HASH_EXISTS: instead of setting the value of the field
expecting a RedisModuleString pointer to pointer, the function just
reports if the field esists or not and expects an integer pointer
as the second element of each pair.

Example of REDISMODULE_HASH_CFIELD:

 RedisModuleString username, hashedpass;
 RedisModule_HashGet(mykey,"username",&username,"hp",&hashedpass, NULL);

Example of REDISMODULE_HASH_EXISTS:

 int exists;
 RedisModule_HashGet(mykey,argv[1],&exists,NULL);

The function returns REDISMODULE_OK on success and REDISMODULE_ERR if
the key is not an hash value.

Memory management:

The returned RedisModuleString objects should be released with
RedisModule_FreeString(), or by enabling automatic memory management.

RedisModule_FreeCallReply_Rec

void RedisModule_FreeCallReply_Rec(RedisModuleCallReply *reply, int freenested);

Free a Call reply and all the nested replies it contains if it's an
array.

RedisModule_FreeCallReply

void RedisModule_FreeCallReply(RedisModuleCallReply *reply);

Wrapper for the recursive free reply function. This is needed in order
to have the first level function to return on nested replies, but only
if called by the module API.

RedisModule_CallReplyType

int RedisModule_CallReplyType(RedisModuleCallReply *reply);

Return the reply type.

RedisModule_CallReplyLength

size_t RedisModule_CallReplyLength(RedisModuleCallReply *reply);

Return the reply type length, where applicable.

RedisModule_CallReplyArrayElement

RedisModuleCallReply RedisModule_CallReplyArrayElement(RedisModuleCallReply reply, size_t idx);

Return the 'idx'-th nested call reply element of an array reply, or NULL
if the reply type is wrong or the index is out of range.

RedisModule_CallReplyInteger

long long RedisModule_CallReplyInteger(RedisModuleCallReply *reply);

Return the long long of an integer reply.

RedisModule_CallReplyStringPtr

const char RedisModule_CallReplyStringPtr(RedisModuleCallReply reply, size_t *len);

Return the pointer and length of a string or error reply.

RedisModule_CreateStringFromCallReply

RedisModuleString RedisModule_CreateStringFromCallReply(RedisModuleCallReply reply);

Return a new string object from a call reply of type string, error or
integer. Otherwise (wrong reply type) return NULL.

RedisModule_Call

RedisModuleCallReply RedisModule_Call(RedisModuleCtx ctx, const char cmdname, const char fmt, ...);

Exported API to call any Redis command from modules.
On success a RedisModuleCallReply object is returned, otherwise
NULL is returned and errno is set to the following values:

EINVAL: command non existing, wrong arity, wrong format specifier.
EPERM: operation in Cluster instance with key in non local slot.

RedisModule_CallReplyProto

const char RedisModule_CallReplyProto(RedisModuleCallReply reply, size_t *len);

Return a pointer, and a length, to the protocol returned by the command
that returned the reply object.

RedisModule_CreateDataType

moduleType RedisModule_CreateDataType(RedisModuleCtx ctx, const char name, int encver, void typemethods_ptr);

Register a new data type exported by the module. The parameters are the
following. Please for in depth documentation check the modules API
documentation, especially the TYPES.md file.

• name: A 9 characters data type name that MUST be unique in the Redis
  Modules ecosystem. Be creative... and there will be no collisions. Use
  the charset A-Z a-z 9-0, plus the two "-_" characters. A good
  idea is to use, for example <typename>-<vendor>. For example
  "tree-AntZ" may mean "Tree data structure by @antirez". To use both
  lower case and upper case letters helps in order to prevent collisions.
• encver: Encoding version, which is, the version of the serialization
  that a module used in order to persist data. As long as the "name"
  matches, the RDB loading will be dispatched to the type callbacks
  whatever 'encver' is used, however the module can understand if
  the encoding it must load are of an older version of the module.
  For example the module "tree-AntZ" initially used encver=0. Later
  after an upgrade, it started to serialize data in a different format
  and to register the type with encver=1. However this module may
  still load old data produced by an older version if the rdb_load
  callback is able to check the encver value and act accordingly.
  The encver must be a positive value between 0 and 1023.
• typemethods_ptr is a pointer to a RedisModuleTypeMethods structure
  that should be populated with the methods callbacks and structure
  version, like in the following example:

  RedisModuleTypeMethods tm = {
  .version = REDISMODULE_TYPE_METHOD_VERSION,
  .rdb_load = myType_RDBLoadCallBack,
  .rdb_save = myType_RDBSaveCallBack,
  .aof_rewrite = myType_AOFRewriteCallBack,
  .free = myType_FreeCallBack,

   // Optional fields
   .digest = myType_DigestCallBack,
   .mem_usage = myType_MemUsageCallBack,
  

  }

• rdb_load: A callback function pointer that loads data from RDB files.
• rdb_save: A callback function pointer that saves data to RDB files.
• aof_rewrite: A callback function pointer that rewrites data as commands.
• digest: A callback function pointer that is used for DEBUG DIGEST.
• free: A callback function pointer that can free a type value.

The digest and *mem_usage methods should currently be omitted since
they are not yet implemented inside the Redis modules core.

Note: the module name "AAAAAAAAA" is reserved and produces an error, it
happens to be pretty lame as well.

If there is already a module registering a type with the same name,
and if the module name or encver is invalid, NULL is returned.
Otherwise the new type is registered into Redis, and a reference of
type RedisModuleType is returned: the caller of the function should store
this reference into a gobal variable to make future use of it in the
modules type API, since a single module may register multiple types.
Example code fragment:

 static RedisModuleType *BalancedTreeType;

 int RedisModule_OnLoad(RedisModuleCtx *ctx) {
     // some code here ...
     BalancedTreeType = RM_CreateDataType(...);
 }

RedisModule_ModuleTypeSetValue

int RedisModule_ModuleTypeSetValue(RedisModuleKey key, moduleType mt, void *value);

If the key is open for writing, set the specified module type object
as the value of the key, deleting the old value if any.
On success REDISMODULE_OK is returned. If the key is not open for
writing or there is an active iterator, REDISMODULE_ERR is returned.

RedisModule_ModuleTypeGetType

moduleType RedisModule_ModuleTypeGetType(RedisModuleKey key);

Assuming RedisModule_KeyType() returned REDISMODULE_KEYTYPE_MODULE on
the key, returns the moduel type pointer of the value stored at key.

If the key is NULL, is not associated with a module type, or is empty,
then NULL is returned instead.

RedisModule_ModuleTypeGetValue

void RedisModule_ModuleTypeGetValue(RedisModuleKey key);

Assuming RedisModule_KeyType() returned REDISMODULE_KEYTYPE_MODULE on
the key, returns the module type low-level value stored at key, as
it was set by the user via RedisModule_ModuleTypeSet().

If the key is NULL, is not associated with a module type, or is empty,
then NULL is returned instead.

RedisModule_SaveUnsigned

void RedisModule_SaveUnsigned(RedisModuleIO *io, uint64_t value);

Save an unsigned 64 bit value into the RDB file. This function should only
be called in the context of the rdb_save method of modules implementing new
data types.

RedisModule_LoadUnsigned

uint64_t RedisModule_LoadUnsigned(RedisModuleIO *io);

Load an unsigned 64 bit value from the RDB file. This function should only
be called in the context of the rdb_load method of modules implementing
new data types.

RedisModule_SaveSigned

void RedisModule_SaveSigned(RedisModuleIO *io, int64_t value);

Like RedisModule_SaveUnsigned() but for signed 64 bit values.

RedisModule_LoadSigned

int64_t RedisModule_LoadSigned(RedisModuleIO *io);

Like RedisModule_LoadUnsigned() but for signed 64 bit values.

RedisModule_SaveString

void RedisModule_SaveString(RedisModuleIO io, RedisModuleString s);

In the context of the rdb_save method of a module type, saves a
string into the RDB file taking as input a RedisModuleString.

The string can be later loaded with RedisModule_LoadString() or
other Load family functions expecting a serialized string inside
the RDB file.

RedisModule_SaveStringBuffer

void RedisModule_SaveStringBuffer(RedisModuleIO io, const char str, size_t len);

Like RedisModule_SaveString() but takes a raw C pointer and length
as input.

RedisModule_LoadString

RedisModuleString RedisModule_LoadString(RedisModuleIO io);

In the context of the rdb_load method of a module data type, loads a string
from the RDB file, that was previously saved with RedisModule_SaveString()
functions family.

The returned string is a newly allocated RedisModuleString object, and
the user should at some point free it with a call to RedisModule_FreeString().

If the data structure does not store strings as RedisModuleString objects,
the similar function RedisModule_LoadStringBuffer() could be used instead.

RedisModule_LoadStringBuffer

char RedisModule_LoadStringBuffer(RedisModuleIO io, size_t *lenptr);

Like RedisModule_LoadString() but returns an heap allocated string that
was allocated with RedisModule_Alloc(), and can be resized or freed with
RedisModule_Realloc() or RedisModule_Free().

The size of the string is stored at '*lenptr' if not NULL.
The returned string is not automatically NULL termianted, it is loaded
exactly as it was stored inisde the RDB file.

RedisModule_SaveDouble

void RedisModule_SaveDouble(RedisModuleIO *io, double value);

In the context of the rdb_save method of a module data type, saves a double
value to the RDB file. The double can be a valid number, a NaN or infinity.
It is possible to load back the value with RedisModule_LoadDouble().

RedisModule_LoadDouble

double RedisModule_LoadDouble(RedisModuleIO *io);

In the context of the rdb_save method of a module data type, loads back the
double value saved by RedisModule_SaveDouble().

RedisModule_SaveFloat

void RedisModule_SaveFloat(RedisModuleIO *io, float value);

In the context of the rdb_save method of a module data type, saves a float
value to the RDB file. The float can be a valid number, a NaN or infinity.
It is possible to load back the value with RedisModule_LoadFloat().

RedisModule_LoadFloat

float RedisModule_LoadFloat(RedisModuleIO *io);

In the context of the rdb_save method of a module data type, loads back the
float value saved by RedisModule_SaveFloat().

RedisModule_DigestAddStringBuffer

void RedisModule_DigestAddStringBuffer(RedisModuleDigest md, unsigned char ele, size_t len);

Add a new element to the digest. This function can be called multiple times
one element after the other, for all the elements that constitute a given
data structure. The function call must be followed by the call to
RedisModule_DigestEndSequence eventually, when all the elements that are
always in a given order are added. See the Redis Modules data types
documentation for more info. However this is a quick example that uses Redis
data types as an example.

To add a sequence of unordered elements (for example in the case of a Redis
Set), the pattern to use is:

foreach element {
    AddElement(element);
    EndSequence();
}

Because Sets are not ordered, so every element added has a position that
does not depend from the other. However if instead our elements are
ordered in pairs, like field-value pairs of an Hash, then one should
use:

foreach key,value {
    AddElement(key);
    AddElement(value);
    EndSquence();
}

Because the key and value will be always in the above order, while instead
the single key-value pairs, can appear in any position into a Redis hash.

A list of ordered elements would be implemented with:

foreach element {
    AddElement(element);
}
EndSequence();

RedisModule_DigestAddLongLong

void RedisModule_DigestAddLongLong(RedisModuleDigest *md, long long ll);

Like RedisModule_DigestAddStringBuffer() but takes a long long as input
that gets converted into a string before adding it to the digest.

RedisModule_DigestEndSequence

void RedisModule_DigestEndSequence(RedisModuleDigest *md);

See the doucmnetation for RedisModule_DigestAddElement().

RedisModule_EmitAOF

void RedisModule_EmitAOF(RedisModuleIO io, const char cmdname, const char *fmt, ...);

Emits a command into the AOF during the AOF rewriting process. This function
is only called in the context of the aof_rewrite method of data types exported
by a module. The command works exactly like RedisModule_Call() in the way
the parameters are passed, but it does not return anything as the error
handling is performed by Redis itself.

RedisModule_LogRaw

void RedisModule_LogRaw(RedisModule module, const char levelstr, const char *fmt, va_list ap);

This is the low level function implementing both:

 RM_Log()
 RM_LogIOError()

RedisModule_Log

void RedisModule_Log(RedisModuleCtx ctx, const char levelstr, const char *fmt, ...);

Produces a log message to the standard Redis log, the format accepts
printf-alike specifiers, while level is a string describing the log
level to use when emitting the log, and must be one of the following:

• "debug"
• "verbose"
• "notice"
• "warning"

If the specified log level is invalid, verbose is used by default.
There is a fixed limit to the length of the log line this function is able
to emit, this limti is not specified but is guaranteed to be more than
a few lines of text.

RedisModule_LogIOError

void RedisModule_LogIOError(RedisModuleIO io, const char levelstr, const char *fmt, ...);

Log errors from RDB / AOF serialization callbacks.

This function should be used when a callback is returning a critical
error to the caller since cannot load or save the data for some
critical reason.

RedisModule_BlockClient

RedisModuleBlockedClient RedisModule_BlockClient(RedisModuleCtx ctx, RedisModuleCmdFunc reply_callback, RedisModuleCmdFunc timeout_callback, void (free_privdata)(void), long long timeout_ms);

Block a client in the context of a blocking command, returning an handle
which will be used, later, in order to block the client with a call to
RedisModule_UnblockClient(). The arguments specify callback functions
and a timeout after which the client is unblocked.

The callbacks are called in the following contexts:

reply_callback:  called after a successful RedisModule_UnblockClient()
                 call in order to reply to the client and unblock it.

reply_timeout:   called when the timeout is reached in order to send an
                 error to the client.

free_privdata:   called in order to free the privata data that is passed
                 by RedisModule_UnblockClient() call.

RedisModule_UnblockClient

int RedisModule_UnblockClient(RedisModuleBlockedClient bc, void privdata);

Unblock a client blocked by RedisModule_BlockedClient. This will trigger
the reply callbacks to be called in order to reply to the client.
The 'privdata' argument will be accessible by the reply callback, so
the caller of this function can pass any value that is needed in order to
actually reply to the client.

A common usage for 'privdata' is a thread that computes something that
needs to be passed to the client, included but not limited some slow
to compute reply or some reply obtained via networking.

Note: this function can be called from threads spawned by the module.

RedisModule_AbortBlock

int RedisModule_AbortBlock(RedisModuleBlockedClient *bc);

Abort a blocked client blocking operation: the client will be unblocked
without firing the reply callback.

RedisModule_IsBlockedReplyRequest

int RedisModule_IsBlockedReplyRequest(RedisModuleCtx *ctx);

Return non-zero if a module command was called in order to fill the
reply for a blocked client.

RedisModule_IsBlockedTimeoutRequest

int RedisModule_IsBlockedTimeoutRequest(RedisModuleCtx *ctx);

Return non-zero if a module command was called in order to fill the
reply for a blocked client that timed out.

RedisModule_GetBlockedClientPrivateData

void RedisModule_GetBlockedClientPrivateData(RedisModuleCtx ctx);

Get the privata data set by RedisModule_UnblockClient()

RedisModule_GetThreadSafeContext

RedisModuleCtx RedisModule_GetThreadSafeContext(RedisModuleBlockedClient bc);

Return a context which can be used inside threads to make Redis context
calls with certain modules APIs. If 'bc' is not NULL then the module will
be bound to a blocked client, and it will be possible to use the
`RedisModule_Reply*` family of functions to accumulate a reply for when the
client will be unblocked. Otherwise the thread safe context will be
detached by a specific client.

To call non-reply APIs, the thread safe context must be prepared with:

RedisModule_ThreadSafeCallStart(ctx);
... make your call here ...
RedisModule_ThreadSafeCallStop(ctx);

This is not needed when using `RedisModule_Reply*functions, assuming
that a blocked client was used when the context was created, otherwise
noRedisModule_Reply`* call should be made at all.

TODO: thread safe contexts do not inherit the blocked client
selected database.

RedisModule_FreeThreadSafeContext

void RedisModule_FreeThreadSafeContext(RedisModuleCtx *ctx);

Release a thread safe context.

RedisModule_ThreadSafeContextLock

void RedisModule_ThreadSafeContextLock(RedisModuleCtx *ctx);

Acquire the server lock before executing a thread safe API call.
This is not needed for `RedisModule_Reply*` calls when there is
a blocked client connected to the thread safe context.

RedisModule_ThreadSafeContextUnlock

void RedisModule_ThreadSafeContextUnlock(RedisModuleCtx *ctx);

Release the server lock after a thread safe API call was executed.