scala - Call Redis (or other db) from within Spray Route -

i trying figure out best way establish redis pool , make calls redis within spray route. want make sure can use connection pool redis connections. best way instantiate pool , use within spray routes? there better way establish "global" pool can used? should create actor instead , use make redis calls? bit ignorant here.

crude redis client:

object redisclient {    val pool = new jedispool(new jedispoolconfig(), "localhost")    def getvalue(key: string): string= {      try{       val jedis = pool.getresource()        //returns redis value       jedis.get(key)     }   }   } 

route ends calling function uses redis client

trait demoservice extends httpservice {    val messageapirouting =         path("summary" / segment / segment) { (dataset, timeslice) =>           oncomplete(getsummary(dataset, timeslice)) {             case success(value) => complete(s"the result $value")             case failure(ex) => complete(s"an error occurred: ${ex.getmessage}")           }         }    def getsummary(dataset: string, timeslice: string): future[string] = future {     val key = dataset + timeslice     redisclient.getvalue(key)   } } 

as far know jedis client not non-blocking , async. may not benefits of using spray if use blocking client. suggest looking @ rediscala.

second delegate actual interaction actor has redisclient interacting redis instance/cluster.

finally, can complete spray route giving future. means entire pipeline async , non-blocking.

note: redis still single threaded , don't think there anyway around afaik.

in general, should use reactive driver if possible (e.g., slick, reactivemongo )