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Getting started

In order to use Redis with C, you need a C Redis client. For your first steps with C and Redis, this article will show how to use the recommended library: hiredis.

hiredis

Step 1. Install the pre-requisites

Version 1.0.0 marks the first stable release of Hiredis. Follow the below steps to install the pre-requisite packages in order to compile the latest version of hiredis.

Run the below command to run Redis server

Step 2. Install and compile hiredis

Step 3. Copy the below C code:

Step 4. Compile the code

Step 5. Test the code

More C Clients Resources

• hiredis-cluster - C client library for Redis Cluster
• libredis - A C based general low-level PHP extension and client library for Redis, focusing on performance, generality and efficient parallel communication with multiple Redis servers.
• hiredispool - Provides connection pooling and auto-reconnect for hiredis. It is also minimalistic and easy to do customization.