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Redis Caching Strategies for Node.js Applications

Implement effective caching with Redis to dramatically improve your Node.js application's performance and scalability.

Mar 21, 20268 min read8,600 views1150 words

Connecting to Redis

TS
1import { createClient } from 'redis';
2 
3const client = createClient({ url: process.env.REDIS_URL });
4await client.connect();
5 
6// Cache-aside pattern
7async function getUser(id: string) {
8 const cached = await client.get(`user:${id}`);
9 if (cached) return JSON.parse(cached);
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11 const user = await db.users.findById(id);
12 await client.setEx(`user:${id}`, 3600, JSON.stringify(user));
13 return user;
14}