RedisMutex

RedisMutex is a library for creating a Redis lock for a single Redis instance.

Installation

From Hex, the package can be installed as:

1. Add redis_mutex to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [{:redis_mutex, "~> 0.1.0"}]
end

1. Ensure redis_mutex is started before your application:

def application do
  [applications: [:redis_mutex]]
end

Usage

1. Set the redis_url in your config.exs

config :redis_mutex, redis_url: {:system, "REDIS_URL"}

1. Call use RedisMutex in the module you want to use the lock and use with_lock to lock critical parts of your code.

defmodule PossumLodge do
  use RedisMutex

  def get_oauth do
    with_lock("my_key") do
      "Quando omni flunkus moritati"
    end
  end
end