node-redis/generate_commands.js

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();
}