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-rw-r--r--searx/shared/redisdb.py8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/searx/shared/redisdb.py b/searx/shared/redisdb.py
index 613b82a38..da71d169c 100644
--- a/searx/shared/redisdb.py
+++ b/searx/shared/redisdb.py
@@ -24,10 +24,16 @@ import redis
from searx import get_setting
logger = logging.getLogger('searx.shared.redis')
+_client = None
def client():
- return redis.Redis.from_url(get_setting('redis.url'))
+ global _client # pylint: disable=global-statement
+ if _client is None:
+ # not thread safe: in the worst case scenario, two or more clients are
+ # initialized only one is kept, the others are garbage collected.
+ _client = redis.Redis.from_url(get_setting('redis.url'))
+ return _client
def init():