Dump redis database into redis commands or json with command line or node.js

$ curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

$ [sudo] npm install redis-dump -g

Note: If you are using redis-dump programatically you should not install it globally.

$ cd /path/to/your/project
$ [sudo] npm install redis-dump

There are two distinct ways to use redis-dump: through the command line interface, or by requiring the redis-dump module in your own code.

The usage options are simple:

$ redis-dump --help
Usage: redis-dump [OPTIONS]
  -h <hostname>    Server hostname (default: 127.0.0.1)
  -p <port>        Server port (default: 6379)
  -a <auth>        Server auth password (default: '')
  -d <db>          Database to be selected (default: 0)
  -f <filter>      Query filter (default: *)
  --convert        Convert from json to redis commands
  --help           Output this help and exit
  --json           Output result as json
  --pretty         Make pretty indented output (use with --json)

Examples:
  redis-dump
  redis-dump -p 6500
  redis-dump -p 6500 -a password
  redis-dump -f 'mydb:*' > mydb.dump.txt
  redis-dump --json > mydb.json

The output is a valid list of redis commands.
That means the following will work:
  redis-dump > dump.txt      # Dump redis database
  cat dump.txt | redis-cli   # Import redis database from generated file

Let's say we have created a brand new redis database and have got the data generated from these commands:

RPUSH   mydb:numberlist one two three
SADD    mydb:numberset one two three
ZADD    mydb:sortednumberset 1000 one 2000 two 3000 three
HMSET   mydb:article:4 title 'Hello World' id 4
SET     mydb:numvisits 34
SET     mydb:volatile 'nothing important'
EXPIRE  mydb:volatile 3600

If we call redis-dump, the output will look like this:

$ redis-dump -f 'mydb:*'
DEL     mydb:numberlist
RPUSH   mydb:numberlist one two three
DEL     mydb:numberset
SADD    mydb:numberset three two one
DEL     mydb:sortednumberset
ZADD    mydb:sortednumberset 1000 one 2000 two 3000 three
DEL     mydb:article:4
HMSET   mydb:article:4 title 'Hello World' id 4
SET     mydb:numvisits 34
DEL     mydb:volatile
SET     mydb:volatile 'nothing important'
EXPIRE  mydb:volatile 3600

And with json output:

$ redis-dump -f 'mydb:*' --json
{"mydb:numberlist":{"type":"list","value":["one","two","three"]},"mydb:numberset":{"type":"set","value":["three","two","one"]},"mydb:sortednumberset":{"type":"zset","value":[[1000,"one"],[2000,"two"],[3000,"three"]]},"mydb:volatile":{"type":"string","value":"nothing important","ttl":3466},"mydb:article:4":{"type":"hash","value":{"title":"Hello World","id":"4"}},"mydb:numvisits":{"type":"string","value":"34"}}

$ redis-dump -f 'mydb:*' --json --pretty > mydb.json

The json maps all the informations from redis database in a handy way for other programming languages.

{
    "mydb:numberlist": {
        "type": "list",
        "value": [
            "one",
            "two",
            "three"
        ]
    },
    "mydb:numberset": {
        "type": "set",
        "value": [
            "three",
            "two",
            "one"
        ]
    },
    "mydb:sortednumberset": {
        "type": "zset",
        "value": [
            [
                1000,
                "one"
            ],
            [
                2000,
                "two"
            ],
            [
                3000,
                "three"
            ]
        ]
    },
    "mydb:volatile": {
        "type": "string",
        "value": "nothing important",
        "ttl": 3466
    },
    "mydb:article:4": {
        "type": "hash",
        "value": {
            "title": "Hello World",
            "id": "4"
        }
    },
    "mydb:numvisits": {
        "type": "string",
        "value": "34"
    }
}

You can also convert json back to redis commands.

$ cat mydb.json | redis-dump --convert
DEL     mydb:numberlist
RPUSH   mydb:numberlist one two three
DEL     mydb:numberset
SADD    mydb:numberset three two one
DEL     mydb:sortednumberset
ZADD    mydb:sortednumberset 1000 one 2000 two 3000 three
DEL     mydb:article:4
HMSET   mydb:article:4 title 'Hello World' id 4
SET     mydb:numvisits 34
DEL     mydb:volatile
SET     mydb:volatile 'nothing important'
EXPIRE  mydb:volatile 3466

Then, import your data back to redis can be done in one line from either format:

$ cat mydb.json | redis-dump --convert | redis-cli # from json

$ cat dump.txt | redis-cli # from redis commands

You can also use redis-dump from inside your own node.js code.

var dump = require('redis-dump');

dump({
  // These are default values, you can omit them
  filter: '*',
  port: 6379,
  host: '127.0.0.1'
},
function(err, result){
  // Do something with result
});

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