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A Laravel package to use Redis Streams for lightweight, scalable inter-service communication or job/event dispatching.

🚀 Features

• Simple Redis Streams integration
• Stream-to-handler mapping via config
• Supports multiple consumers under the same group
• Automatically dispatches Jobs or Events
• Clean CLI command with optional consumer override

🛠 Installation

composer require iankibet/redis-stream

Publish the config:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=redis-stream

⚙️ Configuration

Edit the generated config file at config/redis-stream.php:

return [
    'group' => env('REDIS_STREAM_GROUP', env('APP_NAME', 'laravel')),

    'consumer' => env('REDIS_STREAM_CONSUMER', env('REDIS_STREAM_GROUP', env('APP_NAME', 'laravel'))),

    'handlers' => [
        'user_activity' => [
            App\Jobs\ProcessUserActivity::class,
        ],
        'order_events' => [
            App\Events\OrderCreated::class,
        ],
    ],
];

📥 Publishing to a Stream

You can publish messages using the RedisStream facade:

use Iankibet\RedisStream\RedisStream;

RedisStream::publish('order_events', [
    'order_id' => 123,
    'status' => 'created',
]);

🧑‍💻 Consuming Messages

Run the consumer using:

php artisan redis:consume-stream

Or provide a specific consumer name:

php artisan redis:consume-stream worker-1

Messages are read from all streams defined in the config and dispatched automatically to jobs or events.

🧪 Testing

Run the tests:

php artisan test

🧠 Notes

• Each message is delivered to only one consumer in a group.
• Redis automatically tracks pending/unacknowledged messages.
• You should monitor or use XPENDING and XCLAIM to handle stuck messages in production.

📄 License

MIT © Ian Kibet