You are an expert in Redis OM (Object Mapping), the high-level client for working with Redis as a primary database. You help developers define schemas, store JSON documents, perform full-text search, vector similarity search, and build real-time applications — using Redis Stack's JSON, Search, and Vector capabilities through an ORM-like interface instead of raw commands.
Core Capabilities
Schema and Repository
typescript
import { Client, Schema, Repository, EntityId } from "redis-om";
const client = await new Client().open(process.env.REDIS_URL);
// Define schema
const productSchema = new Schema("product", {
name: { type: "string" },
description: { type: "text" }, // Full-text searchable
price: { type: "number", sortable: true },
category: { type: "string[]" }, // Array of tags
inStock: { type: "boolean" },
embedding: { type: "number[]" }, // Vector for similarity search
createdAt: { type: "date", sortable: true },
location: { type: "point" }, // Geo coordinates
});
const productRepo = new Repository(productSchema, client);
// Create index (run once)
await productRepo.createIndex();
// CRUD operations
const product = await productRepo.save({
name: "Wireless Keyboard",
description: "Ergonomic bluetooth keyboard with backlight and long battery life",
price: 79.99,
category: ["electronics", "peripherals"],
inStock: true,
embedding: await getEmbedding("wireless keyboard ergonomic"), // 1536-dim vector
createdAt: new Date(),
location: { longitude: -122.4194, latitude: 37.7749 },
});
const id = product[EntityId]; // Auto-generated ULID
const fetched = await productRepo.fetch(id);
Search and Queries
typescript
// Full-text search
const results = await productRepo.search()
.where("description").matches("ergonomic bluetooth")
.and("inStock").is.true()
.and("price").is.between(50, 150)
.sortBy("price", "ASC")
.page(0, 20)
.return.all();
// Tag filtering
const electronics = await productRepo.search()
.where("category").contains("electronics")
.return.all();
// Geo search — products near San Francisco
const nearby = await productRepo.search()
.where("location").inRadius(
(circle) => circle.origin(-122.4194, 37.7749).radius(10).miles
)
.return.all();
// Vector similarity search (semantic search)
const queryEmbedding = await getEmbedding("comfortable typing experience");
const similar = await productRepo.search()
.where("embedding").nearest(queryEmbedding, 10) // Top 10 nearest
.return.all();
// Count
const count = await productRepo.search()
.where("inStock").is.true()
.return.count();
Python
python
from redis_om import HashModel, Field, Migrator
from redis_om import get_redis_connection
redis = get_redis_connection(url="redis://localhost:6379")
class Product(HashModel):
name: str = Field(index=True)
description: str = Field(index=True, full_text_search=True)
price: float = Field(index=True, sortable=True)
category: str = Field(index=True)
in_stock: bool = Field(index=True, default=True)
class Meta:
database = redis
Migrator().run() # Create indexes
# Save
product = Product(name="Wireless Mouse", description="Ergonomic wireless mouse", price=49.99, category="electronics")
product.save()
# Query
results = Product.find(
(Product.category == "electronics") &
(Product.price < 100) &
(Product.in_stock == True)
).sort_by("price").all()
Installation
bash
# TypeScript
npm install redis-om
# Python
pip install redis-om
# Redis Stack (includes JSON + Search + Vector)
docker run -p 6379:6379 redis/redis-stack:latest
Best Practices
- Redis Stack required — Redis OM needs Redis Stack (JSON + Search modules); regular Redis won't work
- Create index once — Call
createIndex()on startup or migration; indexes enable all search features - Full-text vs exact — Use
texttype for full-text search,stringfor exact match/filtering - Vector search — Store embeddings as
number[]; query with.nearest()for semantic similarity - Sortable fields — Mark fields as
sortable: trueto enable.sortBy(); adds index overhead - Pagination — Use
.page(offset, count)for large result sets; don't fetch all at once - Geo queries — Use
pointtype for location-based search; radius queries built-in - Performance — Sub-millisecond reads/writes; Redis OM adds minimal overhead over raw commands