Structuring redis keys

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I've never used redis before, but I've been meaning to, and it seems that my current use case is an appropriate fit.

I'm essentially trying to build a messaging app. When one user sends another a message, the data sent to the server looks like this:

{ from_user: 'alice', for_user: 'bob', payload: 'hello!', timestamp: 1404695488 }

What I would then like to be able to do is:

1. 
   

   Given alice, see all users that have sent alice a message that alice has not yet read

   
   


2. 
   

   Given alice and bob, return a list of all messages bob has sent alice, from which I can pop what alice has read. Once alice has read all the messages bob has sent her, then #1 won't return bob.

   
   

If I haven't clarified enough, please let me know. Additionally, another part of the reason that I've chosen redis is that since this is a messaging app, I'd like to make use of the Pub/Sub features.

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