ajax - Redis smembers with node -

i have node, express, , websockets chat app. usernames of users in chatroom stored redis. redis-cli when type in smembers 'onlineusers', list of users in room:

127.0.0.1:6379> smembers 'onlineusers'  1) "jackson"  2) "bubba yump"  3) "dog"  4) "rumba"  5) "buba" 

in main application javascript file have method current users can display them on page:

var showcurrentusers = function(){     $('#list_of_users').empty();     $.getjson('getusers', function(data){         console.log(data)         (var in data){              $('#list_of_users').append("<li> user: "+data[i]+"</li>")         }     }); } 

in node server file have matching route db.smembers keeps returning true instead of list of users.

app.get('/getusers', function(req,res){    res.send(getonlineusers());  });  // redis data var getonlineusers = function(){   return db.smembers("onlineusers") } 

and here username posted database:

  client.on("setusername", function(user){             pub.publish("chatting","a new user in connected:" + user);             db.sadd("onlineusers",user);         }     ); 

i know usernames correctly posting database, , can access them redis-cli, i'm not sure why json call returning true instead of list.

(i'm assuming you're using https://github.com/mranney/node_redis)

the node redis client async. can treat sync writes , deletes, read db need use callback.

app.get('/getusers', function(req, res, next){    getonlineusers(function (err, onlineusers) {      if (err) {        return next(err);      }      res.send(onlineusers);    });  });  // redis data var getonlineusers = function(cb){   return db.smembers("onlineusers", cb); }