Add host and port to options object

changelog.md

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Changelog
 
 Features:
 
--  Add optional flush parameter to `.end`. If set to true, commands fired after using .end are going to be rejected instead of being ignored. (@crispy1989)
+-  Addded optional flush parameter to `.end`. If set to true, commands fired after using .end are going to be rejected instead of being ignored. (@crispy1989)
+-  Addded: host and port can now be provided in a single options object. E.g. redis.createClient({ host: 'localhost', port: 1337, max_attempts: 5 }); (@BridgeAR)
 
 Bugfixes:
 

index.js

@@ -1107,8 +1107,10 @@ var createClient_tcp = function (port_arg, host_arg, options) {
 
 exports.createClient = function(port_arg, host_arg, options) {
     if (typeof port_arg === 'object' || port_arg === undefined) {
-        options = port_arg || options;
-        return createClient_tcp(default_port, default_host, options);
+        options = port_arg || options || {};
+        var host = options.host || default_host;
+        var port = +options.port || default_port;
+        return createClient_tcp(port, host, options);
     }
     if (typeof port_arg === 'number' || typeof port_arg === 'string' && /^\d+$/.test(port_arg)) {
         return createClient_tcp(port_arg, host_arg, options);

test/connection.spec.js

@@ -79,6 +79,34 @@ describe("on lost connection", function () {
                 });
             });
 
+            it("can not connect with wrong host / port in the options object", function (done) {
+                var client = redis.createClient({
+                    host: 'somewhere',
+                    port: 6379,
+                    max_attempts: 1
+                });
+                var end = helper.callFuncAfter(done, 2);
+
+                client.on('error', function (err) {
+                    assert(/CONNECTION_BROKEN|ENOTFOUND/.test(err.code));
+                    end();
+                });
+
+            });
+
+            it("connect with host and port provided in the options object", function (done) {
+                var client = redis.createClient({
+                    host: 'localhost',
+                    port: '6379',
+                    parser: parser,
+                    connect_timeout: 1000
+                });
+
+                client.once('ready', function() {
+                    done();
+                });
+            });
+
         });
     });
 });