/** * User: simon * Date: 23/08/2011 * Time: 21:10 * Desc: retrieves users database_name from the redis metadatabase based on subdomain/username */ var RedisPool = require("./redis_pool") , _ = require('underscore') , Step = require('step'); module.exports = function() { var me = { metadata_database: 5, user_key: "rails:users:<%= username %>" }; /** * Get the database name for this particular subdomain/username * * @param req - standard express req object. importantly contains host information * @param callback */ me.getDatabase = function(req, callback) { // strip subdomain from header host var username = req.headers.host.split('.')[0] var redisKey = _.template(this.user_key, {username: username}); this.retrieve(redisKey, 'database_name', callback); }; /** * Get the user id for this particular subdomain/username * * @param req - standard express req object. importantly contains host information * @param callback */ me.getId= function(req, callback) { // strip subdomain from header host var username = req.headers.host.split('.')[0] var redisKey = _.template(this.user_key, {username: username}); this.retrieve(redisKey, 'id', callback); }; /** * Make a data access call to Redis * * @param redisKey - the base redis key where the metadata hash lives * @param hashKey - the specific metadata you want to retrieve * @param callback - function to pass metadata too. err,data args */ me.retrieve = function(redisKey, hashKey, callback) { var that = this; var redisClient; Step( function getRedisClient() { RedisPool.acquire(that.metadata_database, this); }, function lookupMetadata(data) { redisClient = data; redisClient.HGET(redisKey, hashKey, this); }, function releaseRedisClient(err, data) { if (err) throw err; RedisPool.release(that.metadata_database, redisClient); callback(err, data); } ); }; return me; }();