Also move "redis wrapper" into it's own package.

redis/wrapper.go

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+
+package redis
+
+import (
+    "strings"
+    "context"
+    "time"
+    _redis "github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
+)
+
+var rdb *_redis.Client
+
+var redis_pipe _redis.Pipeliner
+
+var redisCtx = context.Background()
+
+var Prefix = "ship."
+
+func Connect(addr string, password string, db int) error {
+    rdb = _redis.NewClient(&_redis.Options{
+        Addr:     addr,
+        Password: password,
+        DB:       db,
+    })
+
+    redis_pipe = rdb.Pipeline()
+
+    return rdb.Ping(redisCtx).Err()
+}
+
+func Client() *_redis.Client {
+    return rdb
+}
+
+func Key(components ...string) (string) {
+    return Prefix + strings.Join(components, ".")
+}
+
+func Get(key string) (*_redis.StringCmd) {
+    return rdb.Get(redisCtx, key)
+}
+
+func Set(key string, value interface{}, expiration time.Duration) (*_redis.StatusCmd) {
+    return rdb.Set(redisCtx, key, value, expiration)
+}
+
+func Publish(channel string, message interface{}) (*_redis.IntCmd) {
+    return rdb.Publish(redisCtx, channel, message)
+}
+
+func RegisterPublish(channel string, message interface{}) (*_redis.IntCmd) {
+    return redis_pipe.Publish(redisCtx, channel, message)
+}
+
+func Send() ([]_redis.Cmder, error) {
+    return redis_pipe.Exec(redisCtx)
+}