Developing the 'somehow' in 'This list [of commands] needs to be updated, and perhaps auto-updated somehow'

generate_commands.js

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+var http = require("http"),
+    sys = require("sys"),
+    fs = require("fs");
+
+http.get({host: "redis.io", path: "/commands.json"}, function(res) {
+    console.log("Response from redis.io/commands.json: " + res.statusCode);
+  
+    var commandString = "";
+    res.on('data', function(chunk) {
+        commandString += chunk;
+    });
+
+    res.on('end', function() {
+        var commands = JSON.parse(commandString);
+        writeCommandsToFile(commands, "lib/commands.js");
+    })
+}).on('error', function(e) {
+    console.log("Got error: " + e.message);
+});
+
+function writeCommandsToFile(commands, path) {
+    console.log("Writing " + path);
+    
+    var fileContents = "// This file was generated by ./generate_commands.js on ";
+    fileContents += prettyCurrentTime();
+    fileContents += "\nCommands = [\n";
+  
+    var lowerCommands = [];
+    for (var command in commands) {
+        lowerCommands.push("    \"" + command.toLowerCase() + "\"");
+    }
+  
+    fileContents += lowerCommands.join(",\n");
+    fileContents += "\n];\n\n"
+    fileContents += "exports.Commands = Commands;"
+
+    fs.writeFile(path, fileContents);
+}
+
+function prettyCurrentTime() {
+  var date = new Date();
+  return date.toLocaleString();
+}