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jimcgh
jimcgh

Reputation: 5977

Connecting to redis in nodejs

I have installed a module node-redis (https://github.com/mranney/node_redis) locally in my express application. I added node-redis to my package.json and ran npm install. The module got installed. But if i start the node REPL and do

var redis = require("redis")

I get 

Error: Cannot find module 'redis'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at repl:1:13
    at REPLServer.self.eval (repl.js:110:21)
    at repl.js:249:20
    at REPLServer.self.eval (repl.js:122:7)
    at Interface.<anonymous> (repl.js:239:12)
    at Interface.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)

How can i fix this?

Thank You

Upvotes: 5

Views: 9540

Answers (1)

Florian Margaine
Florian Margaine

Reputation: 60835

You have to start the node REPL in a folder where it can look for the redis package. If you installed redis in your local installation, be sure to run the node REPL from the local installation folder.

For example, if you installed redis in C:\Users\Jim\Projects\project1, you need to run node after cding into this folder.

On a side note, learn how to use npm install redis --save. This will install redis locally, and add the dependency in your package.json file.

Upvotes: 3

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