# step 1: import the redis-py client package
import redis
# step 2: define our connection information for Redis
# Replaces with your configuration information
redis_host = "localhost"
redis_port = 6379
redis_password = ""
def hello_redis():
"""Example Hello Redis Program"""
# step 3: create the Redis Connection object
try:
# The decode_repsonses flag here directs the client to convert the responses from Redis into Python strings
# using the default encoding utf-8. This is client specific.
r = redis.StrictRedis(host=redis_host, port=redis_port, password=redis_password, decode_responses=True)
# step 4: Set the hello message in Redis
r.set("msg:hello", "Hello Redis!!!")
# step 5: Retrieve the hello message from Redis
msg = r.get("msg:hello")
print(msg)
except Exception as e:
print(e)
if __name__ == '__main__':
hello_redis()