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Welcome to Valkey GLIDE!

Valkey General Language Independent Driver for the Enterprise (GLIDE) is the official open-source Valkey client library, proudly part of the Valkey organization. Our mission is to make your experience with Valkey and Redis OSS seamless and enjoyable. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting out, Valkey GLIDE is here to support you every step of the way.

Why Choose Valkey GLIDE?

• Community and Open Source: Join our vibrant community and contribute to the project. We are always here to respond, and the client is for the community.
• Reliability: Built with best practices learned from over a decade of operating Redis OSS-compatible services.
• Performance: Optimized for high performance and low latency.
• High Availability: Designed to ensure your applications are always up and running.
• Cross-Language Support: Implemented using a core driver framework written in Rust, with language-specific extensions to ensure consistency and reduce complexity.
• Stability and Fault Tolerance: We brought our years of experience to create a bulletproof client.
• Backed and Supported by AWS and GCP: Ensuring robust support and continuous improvement of the project.

Documentation

See GLIDE's documentation site.
Visit our wiki for examples and further details on TLS, Read strategy, Timeouts and various other configurations.

Supported Engine Versions

Refer to the Supported Engine Versions table for details.

Getting Started - Node Wrapper

System Requirements

The release of Valkey GLIDE was tested on the following platforms:

Linux:

• Ubuntu 22.04.5 (x86_64/amd64 and arm64/aarch64)
• Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) (x86_64/amd64 and arm64/aarch64)

macOS:

• macOS 14.7 (Apple silicon/aarch_64)
• macOS 13.7 (x86_64/amd64)

Alpine:

• node:alpine (x86_64/amd64 and arm64/aarch64)

NodeJS supported version

Node.js 16 or higher.

Building & Testing

Development instructions for local building & testing the package are in the DEVELOPER.md file.

Quick Start

Installation

npm i @valkey/valkey-glide

Basic Examples

Standalone Mode:

import { GlideClient, GlideClusterClient, Logger } from "@valkey/valkey-glide";
// When Valkey is in standalone mode, add address of the primary node, and any replicas you'd like to be able to read from.
const addresses = [
    {
        host: "localhost",
        port: 6379,
    },
];
// Check `GlideClientConfiguration/GlideClusterClientConfiguration` for additional options.
const client = await GlideClient.createClient({
    addresses: addresses,
    // if the server uses TLS, you'll need to enable it. Otherwise, the connection attempt will time out silently.
    // useTLS: true,
    clientName: "test_standalone_client",
});
// The empty array signifies that there are no additional arguments.
const pong = await client.customCommand(["PING"]);
console.log(pong);
const set_response = await client.set("foo", "bar");
console.log(`Set response is = ${set_response}`);
const get_response = await client.get("foo");
console.log(`Get response is = ${get_response}`);

Cluster Mode:

import { GlideClient, GlideClusterClient, Logger } from "@valkey/valkey-glide";
// When Valkey is in cluster mode, add address of any nodes, and the client will find all nodes in the cluster.
const addresses = [
    {
        host: "localhost",
        port: 6379,
    },
];
// Check `GlideClientConfiguration/GlideClusterClientConfiguration` for additional options.
const client = await GlideClusterClient.createClient({
    addresses: addresses,
    // if the cluster nodes use TLS, you'll need to enable it. Otherwise the connection attempt will time out silently.
    // useTLS: true,
    clientName: "test_cluster_client",
});
// The empty array signifies that there are no additional arguments.
const pong = await client.customCommand(["PING"], { route: "randomNode" });
console.log(pong);
const set_response = await client.set("foo", "bar");
console.log(`Set response is = ${set_response}`);
const get_response = await client.get("foo");
console.log(`Get response is = ${get_response}`);
client.close();

Supported platforms

Currently, the package is tested on:

Operation systems	C lib	Architecture
Linux	glibc, musl libc	x86_64, arm64
macOS	Darwin	x86_64, arm64

Community and Feedback

We encourage you to join our community to support, share feedback, and ask questions. You can approach us for anything on our Valkey Slack: Join Valkey Slack.