enabled adding abritary commands

added test and add_command alias

original and special char commands

tweaked code spacing

index.js

@@ -1100,4 +1100,6 @@ exports.AggregateError = errorClasses.AggregateError;
 // Add all redis commands / node_redis api to the client
 require('./lib/individualCommands');
 require('./lib/extendedApi');
-require('./lib/commands');
+
+//enables adding new commands (for modules and new commands)
+exports.addCommand = exports.add_command = require('./lib/commands');

lib/commands.js

@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ var changeFunctionName = (function () {
     }
 }());
 
-// TODO: Rewrite this including the invidual commands into a Commands class
+var addCommand = function (command) {
-// that provided a functionality to add new commands to the client
-
-commands.list.forEach(function (command) {
-
     // Some rare Redis commands use special characters in their command name
     // Convert those to a underscore to prevent using invalid function names
     var commandName = command.replace(/(?:^([0-9])|[^a-zA-Z0-9_$])/g, '_$1');
@@ -61,8 +57,12 @@ commands.list.forEach(function (command) {
             }
             return this.internal_send_command(new Command(command, arr, callback));
         };
+        //alias commands with illegal function names (e.g. NR.RUN becomes NR_RUN and nr_run)
+        if (commandName !== command) {
+            RedisClient.prototype[commandName.toUpperCase()] = RedisClient.prototype[commandName] = RedisClient.prototype[command];
+        }
         if (changeFunctionName) {
-            Object.defineProperty(RedisClient.prototype[command], 'name', {
+            Object.defineProperty(RedisClient.prototype[commandName], 'name', {
                 value: commandName
             });
         }
@@ -104,10 +104,18 @@ commands.list.forEach(function (command) {
             this.queue.push(new Command(command, arr, callback));
             return this;
         };
+        //alias commands with illegal function names (e.g. NR.RUN becomes NR_RUN and nr_run)
+        if (commandName !== command) {
+            Multi.prototype[commandName.toUpperCase()] = Multi.prototype[commandName] = Multi.prototype[command];
+        }
         if (changeFunctionName) {
-            Object.defineProperty(Multi.prototype[command], 'name', {
+            Object.defineProperty(Multi.prototype[commandName], 'name', {
                 value: commandName
             });
         }
     }
-});
+};
+
+commands.list.forEach(addCommand);
+
+module.exports = addCommand;

test/commands/addCommand.spec.js

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var config = require('../lib/config');
+var redis = config.redis;
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+describe("The 'addCommand/add_command' method", function () {
+    var client = redis.createClient();
+    var testCommands = {
+        newcommand  : 'newcommand',
+        nonJsSafe   : 'really-new.command',
+        jsSafe      : 'really_new_command'
+    };
+
+    it('camel case version exists', function () {
+        assert.strictEqual(typeof redis.addCommand, 'function');
+    });
+    it('snake version exists', function () {
+        assert.strictEqual(typeof redis.add_command, 'function');
+    });
+    it('does not already have the test standard command', function () {
+        assert.strictEqual(client[testCommands.newcommand], undefined);
+    });
+    it('generates a new method for an added command', function () {
+        redis.addCommand(testCommands.newcommand);
+        assert.strictEqual(typeof client[testCommands.newcommand], 'function');
+    });
+    it('does not already have the test non-JS-safe command', function () {
+        assert.strictEqual(client[testCommands.nonJsSafe], undefined);
+    });
+    it('converts illegal command names to JS-safe functions', function () {
+        redis.addCommand(testCommands.nonJsSafe);
+        assert.strictEqual(typeof client[testCommands.jsSafe], 'function');
+    });
+    client.quit();
+});