add redis implementation

Author: sudodeo

Diff for: bin/www

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const logger = require("../dist/config/loggerConfig").default;
 var http = require("http");
 
 const { PORT } = require("../dist/config/index");
+const { connectToRedis } = require("../dist/db/redis.js");
 
 app.set("port", PORT);
 
@@ -21,5 +22,6 @@ var server = http.createServer(app);
 
 server.listen(PORT, async () => {
   await seedDatabase();
+  await connectToRedis();
   logger.debug(`Server running on port ${PORT}`);
 });

Diff for: package-lock.json

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "passport-google-oauth2": "^0.2.0",
     "passport-local": "^1.0.0",
     "pg": "^8.11.3",
+    "redis": "^4.6.13",
     "response-time": "^2.3.2",
     "winston": "^3.11.0"
   },

Diff for: package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { createClient } from "redis";
+
+const redisClient = createClient({
+  url: process.env.REDIS_URL as string,
+});
+
+export async function connectToRedis() {
+  await redisClient.connect();
+
+  redisClient.on("error", (error) => {
+    console.error(`Error connecting to Redis: ${error}`);
+  });
+
+  return redisClient;
+}
+
+export default redisClient;