encoding tests

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/redis/utils.py b/redis/utils.py
index 7c04a71..ee681bf 100644
--- a/redis/utils.py
+++ b/redis/utils.py
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
-from redis.client import Redis
+try:
+    import hiredis
+    HIREDIS_AVAILABLE = True
+except ImportError:
+    HIREDIS_AVAILABLE = False
 
 
 def from_url(url, db=None, **kwargs):
-    """Returns an active Redis client generated from the given database URL.
+    """
+    Returns an active Redis client generated from the given database URL.
 
     Will attempt to extract the database id from the path url fragment, if
     none is provided.
     """
+    from redis.client import Redis
     return Redis.from_url(url, db, **kwargs)