Redis-Pub-Sub

This project explores how Redis Pub/Sub can be used to implement a real-time chat system using WebSockets. It mimics a real-world chat room where messages are published to a Redis channel and received by subscribed clients.

⚠️ Note: This is a proof-of-concept and not a production-ready implementation. However, it effectively demonstrates how Redis can be leveraged as a Pub/Sub mechanism for real-time communication.

Features

• WebSocket-based real-time messaging

• Redis Pub/Sub for message broadcasting

• Multiple users can join the same chat room

• Echo framework for handling WebSocket connections

Try it for yourself

Start with a Redis instance

1. Use a redis instance, better to use a docker container, download docker first.

   Docker Download Page

2. Pull the redis image from dockerhub

    docker pull redis

3. Start the redis container

    docker run --name redis-container -p 6379:6379 -d redis

   for each consecutive use

    docker start redis-container

4. If you want to use the Redis-CLI

    docker exec -it redis-container redis-cli

Set-Up the project

1. Clone the project

    git clone https://github.com/Sahil2k07/Redis-Pub-Sub.git

2. Change Directory

    cd Redis-Pub-Sub

3. Get all the packages

    go mod download

4. Get the vendor ( optional )

    go mod vendor

5. Start the project

    go run .