Python with Redis & PostgreSQL

Pre-Requisites

1. Setup Python
2. Setup Redis

Install Redis Library for Python

sudo pip install redis

Redis Test Program

Create a small python application to test your connection from Python to Redis

Create a file called redis_test.py in your home directory
Put the following lines of code in this new file.

import redis
r = redis.StrictRedis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0)
r.set('foo', 'bar')
print(r.get('foo'))

Run the code by typing python redis_test.py

This should return the value for the key ‘foo’ (‘bar’)