From 3a08fedc84f1057162a424722332f3406c0fda87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raul Castro <raulc27@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 20:09:28 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix redis connection, update readme

---
 README.md |  3 +++
 api.py    | 14 +++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27801a5..b2f5faa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to
 | `FLASK_ENV` | Environment mode (`production` enables Redis) | No | `development` |
 | `REDIS_HOST` | Redis Hostname (Required if Prod) | No | - |
 | `REDIS_PORT` | Redis Port (Required if Prod) | No | - |
+| `REDIS_USER` | Redis Username (Optional) | No | - |
 | `REDIS_PASSWORD` | Redis Password (Required if Prod) | No | - |
 
 ### Caching
@@ -53,7 +54,9 @@ CORS_ORIGIN=http://localhost:3000
 # Redis (Production only)
 FLASK_ENV=production
 REDIS_HOST=mx.redis-server.com
+REDIS_HOST=mx.redis-server.com
 REDIS_PORT=6379
+REDIS_USER=default
 REDIS_PASSWORD=secret
 ```
 
diff --git a/api.py b/api.py
index 31e31be..01699ec 100644
--- a/api.py
+++ b/api.py
@@ -15,11 +15,19 @@
 # Cache Configuration
 is_prod = os.getenv('FLASK_ENV') == 'production'
 if is_prod:
+    redis_user = os.getenv('REDIS_USER') or os.getenv('READIS_USER')
+    redis_password = os.getenv('REDIS_PASSWORD')
+    redis_host = os.getenv('REDIS_HOST')
+    redis_port = os.getenv('REDIS_PORT')
+
+    if redis_user:
+        redis_url = f"redis://{redis_user}:{redis_password}@{redis_host}:{redis_port}"
+    else:
+        redis_url = f"redis://:{redis_password}@{redis_host}:{redis_port}"
+
     cache_config = {
         'CACHE_TYPE': 'RedisCache',
-        'CACHE_REDIS_HOST': os.getenv('REDIS_HOST'),
-        'CACHE_REDIS_PORT': os.getenv('REDIS_PORT'),
-        'CACHE_REDIS_PASSWORD': os.getenv('REDIS_PASSWORD')
+        'CACHE_REDIS_URL': redis_url
     }
 else:
     cache_config = {