save and get a large JSON string to redis

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require "benchmark"

url = 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/buzzsumo-exports/test.json'
source = open(url).read
puts "# of bytes: #{source.size}"

redis = Redis.new(:host => "localhost", :port => 6379, :db => 0)

time = Benchmark.measure do
  redis.set("cache_key", source)
end

puts "Time to save to redis: #{time}"
str = ""

time = Benchmark.measure do
  str = redis.get("cache_key")
end

puts "Time to get from redis: #{time}"