nredis-lock

Simple node.js lock based on Redis

Features

• For better server compatibility this module doesn't use redis scripts

Installation

$ npm install nredis-lock

Initialization

var redis = require('redis');

var Lock = require('nredis-lock')(redis.createClient());

Lock(lockName, [timeout = 5000])

• lockName: Any name for a lock
• timeout: (Optional) The maximum time (in ms) to hold the lock for. If this time is exceeded, the lock is automatically released. Default: 10000 ms (10 seconds).

Simple usage

// Acquire a lock.
Lock('lock-name')
	.acquire()
	.then(function(done){
		// Show time...
		// When you done, release the lock :D
		setTimeout(function(){
			done();
		}, 1000);
	}, function(){
		// There is a lock active
	});

Using custom timeout

• the default timeout is 5000 (milliseconds)

// Using 3000 milliseconds as timeout
Lock('lock-name', 3000)
	.acquire()
	.then(function(done){
	}, function(){
	});

Release the lock any time

Lock('lock-name')
	.release()
	.then(function(){
		// Lock released
	}, function(){
		// No lock to release
	})

Tests

Require: redis-server running

$ npm test

Author

Assis Antunes <assixantunes@gmail.com>

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2015 Assis Antunes (assixantunes@gmail.com)

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