@chat-adapter/state-ioredis

Redis state adapter for the chat SDK using ioredis.

Installation

npm install chat @chat-adapter/state-ioredis ioredis

Usage

import { Chat } from "chat";
import { createIORedisState } from "@chat-adapter/state-ioredis";

const chat = new Chat({
  userName: "mybot",
  adapters: { /* ... */ },
  state: createIORedisState({
    url: process.env.REDIS_URL!,
  }),
});

Configuration

| Option | Required | Description | |--------|----------|-------------| | url | Yes* | Redis connection URL | | client | No | Existing ioredis client instance | | keyPrefix | No | Prefix for all keys (default: "chat-sdk") |

*Either url or client is required.

Using Connection URL

const state = createIORedisState({
  url: "redis://localhost:6379",
});

Using Existing Client

import Redis from "ioredis";

const client = new Redis("redis://localhost:6379");

const state = createIORedisState({ client });

When to Use ioredis vs redis

Use @chat-adapter/state-ioredis when:

• You're already using ioredis in your project
• You need Redis Cluster support
• You need Redis Sentinel support
• You prefer ioredis API

Use @chat-adapter/state-redis when:

• You want the official Redis client
• You're starting a new project
• You don't need Cluster/Sentinel

Features

• Thread subscriptions (persistent)
• Distributed locking (works across instances)
• Automatic reconnection
• Redis Cluster support
• Redis Sentinel support
• Key prefix namespacing

Key Structure

{keyPrefix}:subscriptions     - SET of subscribed thread IDs
{keyPrefix}:lock:{threadId}   - Lock key with TTL

License

MIT