# Code coverage report for index.js

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     'use strict';

    var net = require('net');
    var tls = require('tls');
    var URL = require('url');
    var util = require('util');
    var utils = require('./lib/utils');
    var Queue = require('double-ended-queue');
    var Command = require('./lib/command');
    var events = require('events');
    var parsers = [];
    var commands = require('redis-commands');
    var connection_id = 0;
    var default_port = 6379;
    var default_host = '127.0.0.1';

    function noop () {}
    function clone (obj) { return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj || {})); }
    function debug (msg) { if (exports.debug_mode) { console.error(msg); } }

    exports.debug_mode = /\bredis\b/i.test(process.env.NODE_DEBUG);

    // Hiredis might not be installed
    try {
        parsers.push(require('./lib/parsers/hiredis'));
    } catch (err) {
        /* istanbul ignore next: won't be reached with tests */
        debug('Hiredis parser not installed.');
    }

    parsers.push(require('./lib/parsers/javascript'));

    function RedisClient (options) {
        // Copy the options so they are not mutated
        options = clone(options);
        events.EventEmitter.call(this);
        var cnx_options = {};
        if (options.path) {
            cnx_options.path = options.path;
            this.address = options.path;
        } else {
            cnx_options.port = +options.port || default_port;
            cnx_options.host = options.host || default_host;
            cnx_options.family = (!options.family && net.isIP(cnx_options.host)) || (options.family === 'IPv6' ? 6 : 4);
            this.address = cnx_options.host + ':' + cnx_options.port;
        }
        /* istanbul ignore next: travis does not work with stunnel atm. Therefor the tls tests are skipped on travis */
        for (var tls_option in options.tls) { // jshint ignore: line
            cnx_options[tls_option] = options.tls[tls_option];
        }
        this.connection_options = cnx_options;
        this.connection_id = ++connection_id;
        this.connected = false;
        this.ready = false;
        this.connections = 0;
        if (options.socket_nodelay === undefined) {
            options.socket_nodelay = true;
        }
        if (options.socket_keepalive === undefined) {
            options.socket_keepalive = true;
        }
        for (var command in options.rename_commands) { // jshint ignore: line
            options.rename_commands[command.toLowerCase()] = options.rename_commands[command];
        }
        options.return_buffers = !!options.return_buffers;
        options.detect_buffers = !!options.detect_buffers;
        // Override the detect_buffers setting if return_buffers is active and print a warning
        if (options.return_buffers && options.detect_buffers) {
            console.warn('>> WARNING: You activated return_buffers and detect_buffers at the same time. The return value is always going to be a buffer.');
            options.detect_buffers = false;
        }
        this.should_buffer = false;
        this.max_attempts = options.max_attempts | 0;
        this.command_queue = new Queue(); // Holds sent commands to de-pipeline them
        this.offline_queue = new Queue(); // Holds commands issued but not able to be sent
        this.connect_timeout = +options.connect_timeout || 3600000; // 60 * 60 * 1000 ms
        this.enable_offline_queue = options.enable_offline_queue === false ? false : true;
        this.retry_max_delay = +options.retry_max_delay || null;
        this.initialize_retry_vars();
        this.pub_sub_mode = false;
        this.subscription_set = {};
        this.monitoring = false;
        this.closing = false;
        this.server_info = {};
        this.auth_pass = options.auth_pass;
        this.parser_module = null;
        this.selected_db = null; // Save the selected db here, used when reconnecting
        this.old_state = null;
        this.pipeline = 0;
        this.options = options;
        // Init parser once per instance
        this.init_parser();
        this.create_stream();
    }
    util.inherits(RedisClient, events.EventEmitter);

    // Attention: the function name "create_stream" should not be changed, as other libraries need this to mock the stream (e.g. fakeredis)
    RedisClient.prototype.create_stream = function () {
        var self = this;

        // On a reconnect destroy the former stream and retry
        if (this.stream) {
            this.stream.removeAllListeners();
            this.stream.destroy();
        }

        /* istanbul ignore if: travis does not work with stunnel atm. Therefor the tls tests are skipped on travis */
        if (this.options.tls) {
    	    this.stream = tls.connect(this.connection_options);
        } else {
    	    this.stream = net.createConnection(this.connection_options);
    	}

        if (this.options.connect_timeout) {
            this.stream.setTimeout(this.connect_timeout, function () {
                self.retry_totaltime = self.connect_timeout;
                self.connection_gone('timeout');
            });
        }

        /* istanbul ignore next: travis does not work with stunnel atm. Therefor the tls tests are skipped on travis */
        var connect_event = this.options.tls ? "secureConnect" : "connect";
        this.stream.once(connect_event, function () {
            this.removeAllListeners("timeout");
            self.on_connect();
        });

        this.stream.on('data', function (buffer_from_socket) {
            // The buffer_from_socket.toString() has a significant impact on big chunks and therefor this should only be used if necessary
            debug('Net read ' + self.address + ' id ' + self.connection_id); // + ': ' + buffer_from_socket.toString());
            self.reply_parser.execute(buffer_from_socket);
        });

        this.stream.on('error', function (err) {
            self.on_error(err);
        });

        /* istanbul ignore next: travis does not work with stunnel atm. Therefor the tls tests are skipped on travis */
        this.stream.on('clientError', function (err) {
            self.on_error(err);
        });

        this.stream.once('close', function () {
            self.connection_gone('close');
        });

        this.stream.once('end', function () {
            self.connection_gone('end');
        });

        this.stream.on('drain', function () {
            self.drain();
        });
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.cork = noop;
    RedisClient.prototype.uncork = noop;

    RedisClient.prototype.duplicate = function (options) {
        var existing_options = clone(this.options);
        options = clone(options);
        for (var elem in options) { // jshint ignore: line
            existing_options[elem] = options[elem];
        }
        var client = new RedisClient(existing_options);
        client.selected_db = this.selected_db;
        return client;
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.initialize_retry_vars = function () {
        this.retry_timer = null;
        this.retry_totaltime = 0;
        this.retry_delay = 200;
        this.retry_backoff = 1.7;
        this.attempts = 1;
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.unref = function () {
        if (this.connected) {
            debug("Unref'ing the socket connection");
            this.stream.unref();
        } else {
            debug('Not connected yet, will unref later');
            this.once('connect', function () {
                this.unref();
            });
        }
    };

    // Flush provided queues, erroring any items with a callback first
    RedisClient.prototype.flush_and_error = function (error, queue_names) {
        var command_obj;
        queue_names = queue_names || ['offline_queue', 'command_queue'];
        for (var i = 0; i < queue_names.length; i++) {
            while (command_obj = this[queue_names[i]].shift()) {
                if (typeof command_obj.callback === 'function') {
                    error.command = command_obj.command.toUpperCase();
                    command_obj.callback(error);
                }
            }
            this[queue_names[i]] = new Queue();
        }
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.on_error = function (err) {
        if (this.closing) {
            return;
        }

        err.message = 'Redis connection to ' + this.address + ' failed - ' + err.message;

        debug(err.message);

        this.connected = false;
        this.ready = false;
        this.emit('error', err);
        // 'error' events get turned into exceptions if they aren't listened for. If the user handled this error
        // then we should try to reconnect.
        this.connection_gone('error');
    };

    var noPasswordIsSet = /no password is set/;
    var loading = /LOADING/;

    RedisClient.prototype.do_auth = function () {
        var self = this;

        debug('Sending auth to ' + self.address + ' id ' + self.connection_id);

        self.send_anyway = true;
        self.send_command('auth', [this.auth_pass], function (err, res) {
            if (err) {
                /* istanbul ignore if: this is almost impossible to test */
                Iif (loading.test(err.message)) {
                    // If redis is still loading the db, it will not authenticate and everything else will fail
                    debug('Redis still loading, trying to authenticate later');
                    setTimeout(function () {
                        self.do_auth();
                    }, 333);
                    return;
                } else if (noPasswordIsSet.test(err.message)) {
                    debug('Warning: Redis server does not require a password, but a password was supplied.');
                    err = null;
                    res = 'OK';
                } else if (self.auth_callback) {
                    self.auth_callback(err);
                    self.auth_callback = null;
                    return;
                } else {
                    self.emit('error', err);
                    return;
                }
            }

            res = res.toString();
            debug('Auth succeeded ' + self.address + ' id ' + self.connection_id);

            if (self.auth_callback) {
                self.auth_callback(null, res);
                self.auth_callback = null;
            }

            // Now we are really connected
            self.emit('connect');
            self.initialize_retry_vars();

            if (self.options.no_ready_check) {
                self.on_ready();
            } else {
                self.ready_check();
            }
        });
        self.send_anyway = false;
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.on_connect = function () {
        debug('Stream connected ' + this.address + ' id ' + this.connection_id);

        this.connected = true;
        this.ready = false;
        this.connections += 1;
        this.emitted_end = false;
        if (this.options.socket_nodelay) {
            this.stream.setNoDelay();
        }
        this.stream.setKeepAlive(this.options.socket_keepalive);
        this.stream.setTimeout(0);

        if (typeof this.auth_pass === 'string') {
            this.do_auth();
        } else {
            this.emit('connect');
            this.initialize_retry_vars();

            if (this.options.no_ready_check) {
                this.on_ready();
            } else {
                this.ready_check();
            }
        }
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.init_parser = function () {
        var self = this;

        if (this.options.parser) {
            if (!parsers.some(function (parser) {
                if (parser.name === self.options.parser) {
                    self.parser_module = parser;
                    debug('Using parser module: ' + self.parser_module.name);
                    return true;
                }
            })) {
                // Do not emit this error
                // This should take down the app if anyone made such a huge mistake or should somehow be handled in user code
                throw new Error("Couldn't find named parser " + self.options.parser + " on this system");
            }
        } else {
            debug('Using default parser module: ' + parsers[0].name);
            this.parser_module = parsers[0];
        }

        // return_buffers sends back Buffers from parser to callback. detect_buffers sends back Buffers from parser, but
        // converts to Strings if the input arguments are not Buffers.
        this.reply_parser = new this.parser_module.Parser(self.options.return_buffers || self.options.detect_buffers);
        // Important: Only send results / errors async.
        // That way the result / error won't stay in a try catch block and catch user things
        this.reply_parser.send_error = function (data) {
            self.return_error(data);
        };
        this.reply_parser.send_reply = function (data) {
            self.return_reply(data);
        };
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.on_ready = function () {
        var self = this;

        this.ready = true;

        if (this.old_state !== null) {
            this.monitoring = this.old_state.monitoring;
            this.pub_sub_mode = this.old_state.pub_sub_mode;
            this.selected_db = this.old_state.selected_db;
            this.old_state = null;
        }

        var cork;
        if (!this.stream.cork) {
        I    cork = function (len) {
                self.pipeline = len;
                self.pipeline_queue = new Queue(len);
            };
        } else {
            cork = function (len) {
                self.pipeline = len;
                self.pipeline_queue = new Queue(len);
                self.stream.cork();
            };
            this.uncork = function () {
                self.stream.uncork();
            };
        }
        this.cork = cork;

        // magically restore any modal commands from a previous connection
        if (this.selected_db !== null) {
            // this trick works if and only if the following send_command
            // never goes into the offline queue
            var pub_sub_mode = this.pub_sub_mode;
            this.pub_sub_mode = false;
            this.send_command('select', [this.selected_db]);
            this.pub_sub_mode = pub_sub_mode;
        }
        if (this.pub_sub_mode === true) {
            // only emit 'ready' when all subscriptions were made again
            var callback_count = 0;
            var callback = function () {
                callback_count--;
                if (callback_count === 0) {
                    self.emit('ready');
                }
            };
            if (this.options.disable_resubscribing) {
                return;
            }
            Object.keys(this.subscription_set).forEach(function (key) {
                var space_index = key.indexOf(' ');
                var parts = [key.slice(0, space_index), key.slice(space_index + 1)];
                debug('Sending pub/sub on_ready ' + parts[0] + ', ' + parts[1]);
                callback_count++;
                self.send_command(parts[0] + 'scribe', [parts[1]], callback);
            });
            return;
        }

        if (this.monitoring) {
            this.send_command('monitor', []);
        } else {
            this.send_offline_queue();
        }
        this.emit('ready');
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.on_info_cmd = function (err, res) {
        if (err) {
            if (err.message === "ERR unknown command 'info'") {
                this.server_info = {};
                this.on_ready();
                return;
            } else {
                err.message = 'Ready check failed: ' + err.message;
                this.emit('error', err);
                return;
           }
        }

        /* istanbul ignore if: some servers might not respond with any info data. This is just a safety check that is difficult to test */
        if (!res) {
        I    debug('The info command returned without any data.');
            this.server_info = {};
            this.on_ready();
            return;
        }

        var obj = {};
        var lines = res.toString().split('\r\n');
        var i = 0;
        var key = 'db' + i;
        var line, retry_time, parts, sub_parts;

        for (i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
            parts = lines[i].split(':');
            if (parts[1]) {
                obj[parts[0]] = parts[1];
            }
        }

        obj.versions = [];
        /* istanbul ignore else: some redis servers do not send the version */
        if (obj.redis_version) {
        E    obj.redis_version.split('.').forEach(function (num) {
                obj.versions.push(+num);
            });
        }

        while (obj[key]) {
            parts = obj[key].split(',');
            obj[key] = {};
            while (line = parts.pop()) {
                sub_parts = line.split('=');
                obj[key][sub_parts[0]] = +sub_parts[1];
            }
            i++;
            key = 'db' + i;
        }

        // Expose info key/vals to users
        this.server_info = obj;

        if (!obj.loading || obj.loading === '0') {
            debug('Redis server ready.');
            this.on_ready();
        } else {
            retry_time = obj.loading_eta_seconds * 1000;
            if (retry_time > 1000) {
                retry_time = 1000;
            }
            debug('Redis server still loading, trying again in ' + retry_time);
            setTimeout(function (self) {
                self.ready_check();
            }, retry_time, this);
        }
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.ready_check = function () {
        var self = this;

        debug('Checking server ready state...');

        this.send_anyway = true;  // secret flag to send_command to send something even if not 'ready'
        this.info(function (err, res) {
            self.on_info_cmd(err, res);
        });
        this.send_anyway = false;
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.send_offline_queue = function () {
        var command_obj;

        while (command_obj = this.offline_queue.shift()) {
            debug('Sending offline command: ' + command_obj.command);
            this.send_command(command_obj.command, command_obj.args, command_obj.callback);
        }
        this.drain();
        // Even though items were shifted off, Queue backing store still uses memory until next add, so just get a new Queue
        this.offline_queue = new Queue();
    };

    var retry_connection = function (self) {
        debug('Retrying connection...');

        self.emit('reconnecting', {
            delay: self.retry_delay,
            attempt: self.attempts
        });

        self.retry_totaltime += self.retry_delay;
        self.attempts += 1;
        self.retry_delay = Math.round(self.retry_delay * self.retry_backoff);
        self.create_stream();
        self.retry_timer = null;
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.connection_gone = function (why) {
        var error;
        // If a retry is already in progress, just let that happen
        if (this.retry_timer) {
            return;
        }

        debug('Redis connection is gone from ' + why + ' event.');
        this.connected = false;
        this.ready = false;
        // Deactivate cork to work with the offline queue
        this.cork = noop;
        this.pipeline = 0;

        if (this.old_state === null) {
            var state = {
                monitoring: this.monitoring,
                pub_sub_mode: this.pub_sub_mode,
                selected_db: this.selected_db
            };
            this.old_state = state;
            this.monitoring = false;
            this.pub_sub_mode = false;
            this.selected_db = null;
        }

        // since we are collapsing end and close, users don't expect to be called twice
        if (!this.emitted_end) {
            this.emit('end');
            this.emitted_end = true;
        }

        // If this is a requested shutdown, then don't retry
        if (this.closing) {
            debug('Connection ended from quit command, not retrying.');
            this.flush_and_error(new Error('Redis connection gone from ' + why + ' event.'));
            return;
        }

        if (this.max_attempts !== 0 && this.attempts >= this.max_attempts || this.retry_totaltime >= this.connect_timeout) {
            var message = this.retry_totaltime >= this.connect_timeout ?
                'connection timeout exceeded.' :
                'maximum connection attempts exceeded.';
            error = new Error('Redis connection in broken state: ' + message);
            error.code = 'CONNECTION_BROKEN';
            this.flush_and_error(error);
            this.emit('error', error);
            this.end();
            return;
        }

        // Flush all commands that have not yet returned. We can't handle them appropriatly
        if (this.command_queue.length !== 0) {
            error = new Error('Redis connection lost and command aborted in uncertain state. It might have been processed.');
            error.code = 'UNCERTAIN_STATE';
            // TODO: Evaluate to add this
            // if (this.options.retry_commands) {
            //     this.offline_queue.unshift(this.command_queue.toArray());
            //     error.message = 'Command aborted in uncertain state and queued for next connection.';
            // }
            this.flush_and_error(error, ['command_queue']);
            error.message = 'Redis connection lost and commands aborted in uncertain state. They might have been processed.';
            this.emit('error', error);
        }

        if (this.retry_max_delay !== null && this.retry_delay > this.retry_max_delay) {
            this.retry_delay = this.retry_max_delay;
        } else if (this.retry_totaltime + this.retry_delay > this.connect_timeout) {
            // Do not exceed the maximum
            this.retry_delay = this.connect_timeout - this.retry_totaltime;
        }

        debug('Retry connection in ' + this.retry_delay + ' ms');

        this.retry_timer = setTimeout(retry_connection, this.retry_delay, this);
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.return_error = function (err) {
        var command_obj = this.command_queue.shift(), queue_len = this.command_queue.length;
        // send_command might have been used wrong => catch those cases too
        if (command_obj.command && command_obj.command.toUpperCase) {
            err.command = command_obj.command.toUpperCase();
        } else {
            err.command = command_obj.command;
        }

        var match = err.message.match(utils.errCode);
        // LUA script could return user errors that don't behave like all other errors!
        if (match) {
            err.code = match[1];
        }

        this.emit_idle(queue_len);

        if (command_obj.callback) {
            command_obj.callback(err);
        } else {
            this.emit('error', err);
        }
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.drain = function () {
        this.emit('drain');
        this.should_buffer = false;
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.emit_idle = function (queue_len) {
        if (this.pub_sub_mode === false && queue_len === 0) {
            // Free the queue capacity memory by using a new queue
            this.command_queue = new Queue();
            this.emit('idle');
        }
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.return_reply = function (reply) {
        var command_obj, len, type, timestamp, argindex, args, queue_len;

        // If the 'reply' here is actually a message received asynchronously due to a
        // pubsub subscription, don't pop the command queue as we'll only be consuming
        // the head command prematurely.
        if (this.pub_sub_mode && Array.isArray(reply) && reply[0]) {
            type = reply[0].toString();
        }

        if (this.pub_sub_mode && (type === 'message' || type === 'pmessage')) {
            debug('Received pubsub message');
        } else {
            command_obj = this.command_queue.shift();
        }

        queue_len = this.command_queue.length;

        this.emit_idle(queue_len);

        if (command_obj && !command_obj.sub_command) {
            if (typeof command_obj.callback === 'function') {
                if ('exec' !== command_obj.command) {
                    if (command_obj.buffer_args === false) {
                        // If detect_buffers option was specified, then the reply from the parser will be Buffers.
                        // If this command did not use Buffer arguments, then convert the reply to Strings here.
                        reply = utils.reply_to_strings(reply);
                    }

                    // TODO - confusing and error-prone that hgetall is special cased in two places
                    if ('hgetall' === command_obj.command) {
                        reply = utils.reply_to_object(reply);
                    }
                }
                command_obj.callback(null, reply);
            } else {
                debug('No callback for reply');
            }
        } else if (this.pub_sub_mode || command_obj && command_obj.sub_command) {
            if (Array.isArray(reply)) {
            E    if ((!command_obj || command_obj.buffer_args === false) && !this.options.return_buffers) {
                    reply = utils.reply_to_strings(reply);
                }
                type = reply[0].toString();

                if (type === 'message') {
                    this.emit('message', reply[1], reply[2]); // channel, message
                } else if (type === 'pmessage') {
                    this.emit('pmessage', reply[1].toString(), reply[2], reply[3]); // pattern, channel, message
                } else if (type === 'subscribe' || type === 'unsubscribe' || type === 'psubscribe' || type === 'punsubscribe') {
                    if E(reply[2] === 0) {
                        this.pub_sub_mode = false;
                        debug('All subscriptions removed, exiting pub/sub mode');
                    } else {
                        this.pub_sub_mode = true;
                    }
                    // Subscribe commands take an optional callback and also emit an event, but only the first response is included in the callback
                    // TODO - document this or fix it so it works in a more obvious way
                    if (command_obj && typeof command_obj.callback === 'function') {
                        command_obj.callback(null, reply[1]);
                    }
                    this.emit(type, reply[1], reply[2]); // channel, count
                } else {
                    this.emit('error', new Error('subscriptions are active but got unknown reply type ' + type));
                }
            } else if (!this.closing) {
                this.emit('error', new Error('subscriptions are active but got an invalid reply: ' + reply));
            }
        }
        /* istanbul ignore else: this is a safety check that we should not be able to trigger */
        else if (this.monitoring) {
            iEf (typeof reply !== 'string') {
                reply = reply.toString();
            }
            // If in monitoring mode only two commands are valid ones: AUTH and MONITOR wich reply with OK
            len = reply.indexOf(' ');
            timestamp = reply.slice(0, len);
            argindex = reply.indexOf('"');
            args = reply.slice(argindex + 1, -1).split('" "').map(function (elem) {
                return elem.replace(/\\"/g, '"');
            });
            this.emit('monitor', timestamp, args);
        } else {
            var err = new Error('node_redis command queue state error. If you can reproduce this, please report it.');
            err.command_obj = command_obj;
            this.emit('error', err);
        }
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.send_command = function (command, args, callback) {
        var arg, command_obj, i, err,
            stream = this.stream,
            command_str = '',
            buffer_args = false,
            big_data = false,
            prefix_keys,
            buffer = this.options.return_buffers;

        if (args === undefined) {
            args = [];
        } else if (!callback) {
            if (typeof args[args.length - 1] === 'function') {
                callback = args.pop();
            } else if (typeof args[args.length - 1] === 'undefined') {
                args.pop();
            }
        }

        if (callback && process.domain) {
            callback = process.domain.bind(callback);
        }

        if (command === 'set' || command === 'setex') {
            // if the value is undefined or null and command is set or setx, need not to send message to redis
            if (args[args.length - 1] === undefined || args[args.length - 1] === null) {
                command = command.toUpperCase();
                err = new Error('send_command: ' + command + ' value must not be undefined or null');
                err.command = command;
                this.callback_emit_error(callback, err);
                // Singal no buffering
                return true;
            }
        }

        for (i = 0; i < args.length; i += 1) {
            if (Buffer.isBuffer(args[i])) {
                buffer_args = true;
                if (this.pipeline !== 0) {
                    this.pipeline += 2;
                    this.writeDefault = this.writeBuffers;
                }
            } else if (typeof args[i] !== 'string') {
                args[i] = String(args[i]);
            // 30000 seemed to be a good value to switch to buffers after testing and checking the pros and cons
            } else if (args[i].length > 30000) {
                big_data = true;
                args[i] = new Buffer(args[i]);
                if (this.pipeline !== 0) {
                    this.pipeline += 2;
                    this.writeDefault = this.writeBuffers;
                }
            }
        }
        if (this.options.detect_buffers) {
            buffer = buffer_args;
        }

        command_obj = new Command(command, args, false, buffer, callback);

        if (!this.ready && !this.send_anyway || !stream.writable) {
            if (this.closing || !this.enable_offline_queue) {
                command = command.toUpperCase();
                if (!this.closing) {
                    var msg = !stream.writable ?
                        'Stream not writeable.' :
                        'The connection is not yet established and the offline queue is deactivated.';
                    err = new Error(command + " can't be processed. " + msg);
                } else {
                    err = new Error(command + " can't be processed. The connection has already been closed.");
                }
                err.command = command;
                this.callback_emit_error(callback, err);
            } else {
                debug('Queueing ' + command + ' for next server connection.');
                this.offline_queue.push(command_obj);
                this.should_buffer = true;
            }
            // Return false to signal buffering
            return !this.should_buffer;
        }

        if (command === 'subscribe' || command === 'psubscribe' || command === 'unsubscribe' || command === 'punsubscribe') {
            this.pub_sub_command(command_obj);
        } else if (command === 'monitor') {
            this.monitoring = true;
        } else if (command === 'quit') {
            this.closing = true;
        }
        this.command_queue.push(command_obj);

        if (typeof this.options.rename_commands !== 'undefined' && this.options.rename_commands[command]) {
            command = this.options.rename_commands[command];
        }
        if (this.options.prefix) {
            prefix_keys = commands.getKeyIndexes(command, args);
            i = prefix_keys.pop();
            while (i !== undefined) {
                args[i] = this.options.prefix + args[i];
                i = prefix_keys.pop();
            }
        }
        // Always use 'Multi bulk commands', but if passed any Buffer args, then do multiple writes, one for each arg.
        // This means that using Buffers in commands is going to be slower, so use Strings if you don't already have a Buffer.
        command_str = '*' + (args.length + 1) + '\r\n$' + command.length + '\r\n' + command + '\r\n';

        if (!buffer_args && !big_data) { // Build up a string and send entire command in one write
            for (i = 0; i < args.length; i += 1) {
                arg = args[i];
                command_str += '$' + Buffer.byteLength(arg) + '\r\n' + arg + '\r\n';
            }
            debug('Send ' + this.address + ' id ' + this.connection_id + ': ' + command_str);
            this.write(command_str);
        } else {
            debug('Send command (' + command_str + ') has Buffer arguments');
            this.write(command_str);

            for (i = 0; i < args.length; i += 1) {
                arg = args[i];
                if (typeof arg === 'string') {
                    this.write('$' + Buffer.byteLength(arg) + '\r\n' + arg + '\r\n');
                } else {
                    this.write('$' + arg.length + '\r\n');
                    this.write(arg);
                    this.write('\r\n');
                }
                debug('send_command: buffer send ' + arg.length + ' bytes');
            }
        }
        return !this.should_buffer;
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.writeDefault = RedisClient.prototype.writeStrings = function (data) {
        var command, str = '';
        while (command = this.pipeline_queue.shift()) {
            str += command;
        }
        this.should_buffer = !this.stream.write(str + data);
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.writeBuffers = function (data) {
        var command;
        while (command = this.pipeline_queue.shift()) {
            this.stream.write(command);
        }
        this.should_buffer = !this.stream.write(data);
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.write = function (data) {
        if (this.pipeline === 0) {
            this.should_buffer = !this.stream.write(data);
            return;
        }

        this.pipeline--;
        if (this.pipeline === 0) {
            this.writeDefault(data);
            return;
        }

        this.pipeline_queue.push(data);
        return;
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.pub_sub_command = function (command_obj) {
        var i, key, command, args;

        if (this.pub_sub_mode === false) {
            debug('Entering pub/sub mode from ' + command_obj.command);
        }
        this.pub_sub_mode = true;
        command_obj.sub_command = true;

        command = command_obj.command;
        args = command_obj.args;
        if (command === 'subscribe' || command === 'psubscribe') {
            if (command === 'subscribe') {
                key = 'sub';
            } else {
                key = 'psub';
            }
            for (i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
                this.subscription_set[key + ' ' + args[i]] = true;
            }
        } else {
            if (command === 'unsubscribe') {
                key = 'sub';
            } else {
                key = 'psub';
            }
            for (i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
                delete this.subscription_set[key + ' ' + args[i]];
            }
        }
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.end = function (flush) {
        this.stream._events = {};

        // Clear retry_timer
        if (this.retry_timer){
            clearTimeout(this.retry_timer);
            this.retry_timer = null;
        }
        this.stream.on('error', noop);

        // Flush queue if wanted
        if (flush) {
            this.flush_and_error(new Error("The command can't be processed. The connection has already been closed."));
        }

        this.connected = false;
        this.ready = false;
        this.closing = true;
        return this.stream.destroySoon();
    };

    function Multi(client, args) {
        this._client = client;
        this.queue = new Queue();
        var command, tmp_args;
        if (Array.isArray(args)) {
            for (var i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
                command = args[i][0];
                tmp_args = args[i].slice(1);
                if (Array.isArray(command)) {
                    this[command[0]].apply(this, command.slice(1).concat(tmp_args));
                } else {
                    this[command].apply(this, tmp_args);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    commands.list.forEach(function (command) {
    // var command;
    // while (command = commands.list.pop()) {

        RedisClient.prototype[command.toUpperCase()] = RedisClient.prototype[command] = function (command, key, arg, callback) {
            console.log(this);
            if (Array.isArray(key)) {
                return this.send_command(command, key, arg);
            }
            if (Array.isArray(arg)) {
                arg = [key].concat(arg);
                return this.send_command(command, arg, callback);
            }
            // Speed up the common case
            var len = arguments.length;
            if (len === 2) {
                return this.send_command(command, [key, arg]);
            }
            if (len === 3) {
                return this.send_command(command, [key, arg, callback]);
            }
            return this.send_command(command, utils.to_array(arguments));
        }; //.bind(RedisClient, command);

        Multi.prototype[command.toUpperCase()] = Multi.prototype[command] = function (command, key, arg, callback) {
            if (Array.isArray(key)) {
                if (arg) {
                    key = key.concat([arg]);
                }
                this.queue.push([command].concat(key));
            } else if (Array.isArray(arg)) {
                if (callback) {
                    arg = arg.concat([callback]);
                }
                this.queue.push([command, key].concat(arg));
            } else {
                // Speed up the common case
                var len = arguments.length;
                if (len === 2) {
                    this.queue.push([command, key, arg]);
                } else if (len === 3) {
                    this.queue.push([command, key, arg, callback]);
                } else {
                    this.queue.push([command].concat(utils.to_array(arguments)));
                }
            }
            return this;
        }; //.bind(Multi, command);
    });

    RedisClient.prototype.multi = RedisClient.prototype.MULTI = function (args) {
        var multi = new Multi(this, args);
        multi.exec = multi.EXEC = multi.exec_transaction;
        return multi;
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.batch = RedisClient.prototype.BATCH = function (args) {
        return new Multi(this, args);
    };

    // Store db in this.select_db to restore it on reconnect
    RedisClient.prototype.select = RedisClient.prototype.SELECT = function (db, callback) {
        var self = this;
        return this.send_command('select', [db], function (err, res) {
            if (err === null) {
                self.selected_db = db;
            }
            if (typeof callback === 'function') {
                callback(err, res);
            } else if (err) {
                self.emit('error', err);
            }
        });
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.callback_emit_error = function (callback, err) {
        if (callback) {
            setImmediate(function () {
                callback(err);
            });
        } else {
            this.emit('error', err);
        }
    };

    // Stash auth for connect and reconnect. Send immediately if already connected.
    RedisClient.prototype.auth = RedisClient.prototype.AUTH = function (pass, callback) {
        if (typeof pass !== 'string') {
            var err = new Error('The password has to be of type "string"');
            err.command = 'AUTH';
            this.callback_emit_error(callback, err);
            return true;
        }
        this.auth_pass = pass;
        debug('Saving auth as ' + this.auth_pass);
        // Only run the callback once. So do not safe it if already connected
        if (this.connected) {
            return this.send_command('auth', [this.auth_pass], callback);
        }
        this.auth_callback = callback;
        return true;
    };

    RedisClient.prototype.hmset = RedisClient.prototype.HMSET = function (key, args, callback) {
        var field, tmp_args;
        if (Array.isArray(key)) {
            return this.send_command('hmset', key, args);
        }
        if (Array.isArray(args)) {
            return this.send_command('hmset', [key].concat(args), callback);
        }
        if (typeof args === 'object') {
            // User does: client.hmset(key, {key1: val1, key2: val2})
            // assuming key is a string, i.e. email address

            // if key is a number, i.e. timestamp, convert to string
            // TODO: This seems random and no other command get's the key converted => either all or none should behave like this
            if (typeof key !== 'string') {
                key = key.toString();
            }
            tmp_args = [key];
            var fields = Object.keys(args);
            while (field = fields.shift()) {
                tmp_args.push(field, args[field]);
            }
            return this.send_command('hmset', tmp_args, callback);
        }
        return this.send_command('hmset', utils.to_array(arguments));
    };

    Multi.prototype.hmset = Multi.prototype.HMSET = function (key, args, callback) {
        var tmp_args, field;
        if (Array.isArray(key)) {
            if (args) {
                key = key.concat([args]);
            }
            tmp_args = ['hmset'].concat(key);
        } else if (Array.isArray(args)) {
            if (callback) {
                args = args.concat([callback]);
            }
            tmp_args = ['hmset', key].concat(args);
        } else if (typeof args === 'object') {
            if (typeof key !== 'string') {
                key = key.toString();
            }
            tmp_args = ['hmset', key];
            var fields = Object.keys(args);
            while (field = fields.shift()) {
                tmp_args.push(field);
                tmp_args.push(args[field]);
            }
            if (callback) {
                tmp_args.push(callback);
            }
        } else {
            tmp_args = utils.to_array(arguments);
            tmp_args.unshift('hmset');
        }
        this.queue.push(tmp_args);
        return this;
    };

    Multi.prototype.send_command = function (command, args, index, cb) {
        var self = this;
        this._client.send_command(command, args, function (err, reply) {
            if (err) {
                if (cb) {
                    cb(err);
                }
                err.position = index;
                self.errors.push(err);
            }
        });
    };

    Multi.prototype.exec_atomic = function (callback) {
        if (this.queue.length < 2) {
            return this.exec_batch(callback);
        }
        return this.exec(callback);
    };

    Multi.prototype.exec_transaction = function (callback) {
        var self = this;
        var len = this.queue.length;
        var cb;
        this.errors = [];
        this.callback = callback;
        this._client.cork(len + 2);
        this.wants_buffers = new Array(len);
        this.send_command('multi', []);
        // Drain queue, callback will catch 'QUEUED' or error
        for (var index = 0; index < len; index++) {
            var args = this.queue.get(index).slice(0);
            var command = args.shift();
            if (typeof args[args.length - 1] === 'function') {
                cb = args.pop();
            } else {
                cb = undefined;
            }
            // Keep track of who wants buffer responses:
            if (this._client.options.return_buffers) {
                this.wants_buffers[index] = true;
            } else if (!this._client.options.detect_buffers) {
                this.wants_buffers[index] = false;
            } else {
                this.wants_buffers[index] = false;
                for (var i = 0; i < args.length; i += 1) {
                    if (Buffer.isBuffer(args[i])) {
                        this.wants_buffers[index] = true;
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
            this.send_command(command, args, index, cb);
        }

        this._client.send_command('exec', [], function(err, replies) {
            self.execute_callback(err, replies);
        });
        this._client.uncork();
        this._client.writeDefault = this._client.writeStrings;
        return !this._client.should_buffer;
    };

    Multi.prototype.execute_callback = function (err, replies) {
        var i = 0, args;

        if (err) {
            // The errors would be circular
            var connection_error = ['CONNECTION_BROKEN', 'UNCERTAIN_STATE'].indexOf(err.code) !== -1;
            err.errors = connection_error ? [] : this.errors;
            if (this.callback) {
                this.callback(err);
                // Exclude connection errors so that those errors won't be emitted twice
            } else if (!connection_error) {
                this._client.emit('error', err);
            }
            return;
        }

        if (replies) {
            while (args = this.queue.shift()) {
                // If we asked for strings, even in detect_buffers mode, then return strings:
                if (replies[i] instanceof Error) {
                    var match = replies[i].message.match(utils.errCode);
                    // LUA script could return user errors that don't behave like all other errors!
                    if (match) {
                        replies[i].code = match[1];
                    }
                    replies[i].command = args[0].toUpperCase();
                } else if (replies[i]) {
                    if (this.wants_buffers[i] === false) {
                        replies[i] = utils.reply_to_strings(replies[i]);
                    }
                    if (args[0] === 'hgetall') {
                        // TODO - confusing and error-prone that hgetall is special cased in two places
                        replies[i] = utils.reply_to_object(replies[i]);
                    }
                }

                if (typeof args[args.length - 1] === 'function') {
                    if (replies[i] instanceof Error) {
                        args[args.length - 1](replies[i]);
                    } else {
                        args[args.length - 1](null, replies[i]);
                    }
                }
                i++;
            }
        }

        if (this.callback) {
            this.callback(null, replies);
        }
    };

    Multi.prototype.callback = function (cb, i) {
        var self = this;
        return function (err, res) {
            if (err) {
                self.results[i] = err;
            } else {
                self.results[i] = res;
            }
            if (cb) {
                cb(err, res);
            }
            // Do not emit an error here. Otherwise each error would result in one emit.
            // The errors will be returned in the result anyway
        };
    };

    Multi.prototype.exec = Multi.prototype.EXEC = Multi.prototype.exec_batch = function (callback) {
        var len = this.queue.length;
        var self = this;
        var index = 0;
        var args;
        if (len === 0) {
            if (callback) {
                // The execution order won't be obtained in this case
                setImmediate(function () {
                    callback(null, []);
                });
            }
            return true;
        }
        this.results = new Array(len);
        this._client.cork(len);
        var lastCallback = function (cb) {
            return function (err, res) {
                cb(err, res);
                callback(null, self.results);
            };
        };
        while (args = this.queue.shift()) {
            var command = args.shift();
            var cb;
            if (typeof args[args.length - 1] === 'function') {
                cb = this.callback(args.pop(), index);
            } else {
                cb = this.callback(undefined, index);
            }
            if (callback && index === len - 1) {
                cb = lastCallback(cb);
            }
            this._client.send_command(command, args, cb);
            index++;
        }
        this._client.uncork();
        this._client.writeDefault = this._client.writeStrings;
        return !this._client.should_buffer;
    };

    var createClient = function (port_arg, host_arg, options) {
        if (typeof port_arg === 'number' || typeof port_arg === 'string' && /^\d+$/.test(port_arg)) {
            options = clone(options);
            options.host = host_arg;
            options.port = port_arg;
        } else if (typeof port_arg === 'string' || port_arg && port_arg.url) {
            options = clone(port_arg.url ? port_arg : host_arg || options);
            var parsed = URL.parse(port_arg.url || port_arg, true, true);
            if (parsed.hostname) {
                if (parsed.auth) {
                    options.auth_pass = parsed.auth.split(':')[1];
                }
                if (parsed.protocol !== 'redis:') {
                    throw new Error('Connection string must use the "redis:" protocol');
                }
                options.host = parsed.hostname;
                options.port = parsed.port;
            } else {
                options.path = port_arg;
            }
        } else if (typeof port_arg === 'object' || port_arg === undefined) {
            options = clone(port_arg || options);
            options.host = options.host || host_arg;
        }
        if (!options) {
            throw new Error('Unknown type of connection in createClient()');
        }
        return new RedisClient(options);
    };

    exports.createClient = createClient;
    exports.RedisClient = RedisClient;
    exports.print = utils.print;
    exports.Multi = Multi;