valkey-go
Go · valkey-go v1.0.78 · RESP3
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Tested connection settings
DisableCache: true
Test target: 127.0.0.1:6379, username default, fixture password manual-test-only, default database. This password is only for the disposable local test container.
Verified operations
- authenticated PING
- SET
- Unicode GET
- missing GET
- HSET
- HGET
- pipeline SET
- pipeline INCR
- pipeline GET
- Lua EVAL
Coverage is limited to the exact API calls and assertions in the program below.
Executable test example
This program ran inside the isolated Docker image. It contains multiple client branches; this page uses the arguments below. Dependencies and compilation steps are in the test directory's Dockerfile.
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// Run: ./go-client redis|valkey. Fixture only; local Docker, plaintext TCP.
package main
import (
"context"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"os"
"runtime/debug"
"time"
redis "github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
valkey "github.com/valkey-io/valkey-go"
)
func main() {
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 20*time.Second); defer cancel()
checks := []string{}
check := func(name string, got, want string, err error) { if err != nil || got != want { panic(fmt.Sprintf("%s: got %q want %q err %v", name, got, want, err)) }; checks=append(checks,name) }
lib := "github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
if os.Args[1] == "redis" {
c := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{Addr:"127.0.0.1:6379", Username:"default", Password:"manual-test-only", Protocol:3, MaxRetries:-1}); defer c.Close()
v,e:=c.Ping(ctx).Result();check("authenticated PING",v,"PONG",e)
v,e=c.Set(ctx,"go:text","Hello 世界",0).Result();check("SET",v,"OK",e)
v,e=c.Get(ctx,"go:text").Result();check("Unicode GET",v,"Hello 世界",e)
v,e=c.Get(ctx,"go:missing").Result();if e!=redis.Nil {panic("missing GET")};checks=append(checks,"missing GET")
c.Set(ctx,"go:binary",string([]byte{0,255,13,10}),0)
v,e=c.Get(ctx,"go:binary").Result();check("binary round trip",v,string([]byte{0,255,13,10}),e)
if e=c.HSet(ctx,"go:hash","field","value").Err();e!=nil {panic(e)}
v,e=c.HGet(ctx,"go:hash","field").Result();check("HGET",v,"value",e)
p:=c.Pipeline();p.Set(ctx,"go:counter","1",0);n:=p.Incr(ctx,"go:counter");_,e=p.Exec(ctx);check("pipeline",fmt.Sprint(n.Val()),"2",e)
tx:=c.TxPipeline();tx.Set(ctx,"go:counter","3",0);n=tx.Incr(ctx,"go:counter");_,e=tx.Exec(ctx);check("MULTI/EXEC",fmt.Sprint(n.Val()),"4",e)
v,e=c.Eval(ctx,"return redis.call('GET',KEYS[1])",[]string{"go:counter"}).Text();check("Lua EVAL",v,"4",e)
if e=c.Set(ctx,"go:expiry","value",60*time.Second).Err();e!=nil {panic(e)}
ttl,e:=c.PTTL(ctx,"go:expiry").Result();if e!=nil || ttl<=0 || ttl>60*time.Second {panic("PTTL")};checks=append(checks,"SET expiry/PTTL")
} else {
lib="github.com/valkey-io/valkey-go"
// Lavik 0.1.0 does not implement CLIENT TRACKING; disable client-side caching.
c,e:=valkey.NewClient(valkey.ClientOption{InitAddress:[]string{"127.0.0.1:6379"},Username:"default",Password:"manual-test-only",DisableCache:true});if e!=nil{panic(e)};defer c.Close()
v,e:=c.Do(ctx,c.B().Ping().Build()).ToString();check("authenticated PING",v,"PONG",e)
v,e=c.Do(ctx,c.B().Set().Key("go:text").Value("Hello 世界").Build()).ToString();check("SET",v,"OK",e)
v,e=c.Do(ctx,c.B().Get().Key("go:text").Build()).ToString();check("Unicode GET",v,"Hello 世界",e)
v,e=c.Do(ctx,c.B().Get().Key("go:missing").Build()).ToString();if !valkey.IsValkeyNil(e){panic("missing GET")};checks=append(checks,"missing GET")
added,e:=c.Do(ctx,c.B().Hset().Key("go:hash").FieldValue().FieldValue("field","value").Build()).ToInt64();check("HSET",fmt.Sprint(added),"1",e)
v,e=c.Do(ctx,c.B().Hget().Key("go:hash").Field("field").Build()).ToString();check("HGET",v,"value",e)
replies:=c.DoMulti(ctx,c.B().Set().Key("go:counter").Value("1").Build(),c.B().Incr().Key("go:counter").Build(),c.B().Get().Key("go:counter").Build())
v,e=replies[0].ToString();check("pipeline SET",v,"OK",e);n,e:=replies[1].ToInt64();check("pipeline INCR",fmt.Sprint(n),"2",e);v,e=replies[2].ToString();check("pipeline GET",v,"2",e)
v,e=c.Do(ctx,c.B().Eval().Script("return redis.call('GET',KEYS[1])").Numkeys(1).Key("go:counter").Build()).ToString();check("Lua EVAL",v,"2",e)
}
version:="";if info,ok:=debug.ReadBuildInfo();ok{for _,d:=range info.Deps{if d.Path==lib{version=d.Version}}}
if version==""{panic("Missing dependency version")}
json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout).Encode(map[string]any{"library":lib,"version":version,"protocol":3,"checks":checks,"status":"passed"})
}
Official client repository · Dependencies and reproduction
Test environment & reproducible evidence
Verified: 2026-09-21T11:15:27Z · Docker / Linux aarch64 · lavik 0.1.0-beta.1
Storage & connection: io_uring · temporary file, 2 workers, standalone, plaintext TCP, password authentication. This test does not measure NVMe performance.
Pinned source: 3955b98d43b312324aa8d52775df52cfb111c0d0
Binary SHA-256: 8306b37ddf05023f85166a6aa2192b7084757e8defd342b602e6470244aca887
Image: sha256:fd13690a1931b8abb31b1866baa2a08c7c38e6df93aa78883321d1d3c1cddd00