RedisTags

RedisTags is a simple graph based implementation of a tagging system. Instead of using complex relational structure, this implementation consists of using Redis sets for reference and aggregation.

Example:

Say we tag a User instance with a tag named tzetzi:

@user = User.new
@user.tags_collection << `tzetzi`
@user.save                        # => <User: id:1> 

Now in Redis, we will have these keys:

1. A set that holds the ids of the users tagged by "tzetzi"

   user:tagged_with:tzetzi => [1]

2. A set that holds all the tags for a specific user instance

   user:1:tag_list => ["tzetzi"]

3. A complete breakdown of each tag per char, to allow simple autocomplete interface

   tag:all:t # => ["tzetzi"] tag:all:tz # => ["tzetzi"] tag:all:tze # => ["tzetzi"] tag:all:tzet # => ["tzetzi"] tag:all:tzetz # => ["tzetzi"] tag:all:tzetzi # => ["tzetzi"]

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'redis_tags'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install redis_tags

Usage

class User

    include RedisTags

    uses_redis_tags :engine => Redis.new

end

@user = User.new
@user.tag_collection                  # => []
@user.tag_collection << "elad"        # => ["elad"]
@user.tag_collection = ["beata"]      # => ["beata"]
@user.save

User.has_tags(:tags => ["elad"])   # => [@user.id]
User.tags_starting_with("el")         # => ["elad"]

Contributing

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