databases (core)⏱10 minutes
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UnverifiedQuick Summary
“Serverless Redis, Kafka, and QStash — pay per request”
Best for: Startup founders and indie developers adding caching or rate limiting to Vercel or Cloudflare Workers deployments
Time to first integration: 10 minutes
📋Prerequisites
- ✓Node.js 18+ installed
- ✓A Upstash account — sign up here
- ✓An existing project (Next.js, React, or Node.js recommended)
Setup Steps
4 steps1
1
Create a database
Create a Redis database at upstash.com.
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2
Install
Add the Upstash Redis SDK to your project.
bash
npm install @upstash/redis3
3
Initialize
Create a client from your REST URL and token (or auto-detect from env).
typescript
import { Redis } from '@upstash/redis'
const redis = Redis.fromEnv()4
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Use
Run standard Redis commands over HTTP.
typescript
await redis.set('key', 'value')
const value = await redis.get('key')Related Guides
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