EasyRedisLock

A simple redis locking gem to help with race conditions.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'easy_redis_lock', :git => 'git://github.com/Rigor/easy_redis_lock.git'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Usage

Easy:

  EasyRedisLock::GateKeeper.new.with_lock("unique_lock_key") { # code to wrap in the redis lock }

  @record = Record.find(99)
  EasyRedisLock::GateKeeper.new.with_lock(@record.id) do
    status = @record.run_count > 5 ? "done" : "in progress"
    @record.update_attribute(:status, status)
  end

Contributing

Fork it
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create new Pull Request