cannot find package "github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"

[Aadi Sharma]

I am using go-redis package and can not use it's any version without mod file.

Do golang does not allow us to  use this package without mod file ? 

I use  

. github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 ,  go get github.com/go-redis/redis and 

github.com/go-redis/redis/v9

 but with none of these three comands i was not able to import the redis package.

On the other hand i  use to import this package with the presence of mod file and

it get's imported.

How to use this package without any mod file....

With regards

Aadi

[Brian Candler]

You always need a go.mod file if you are importing other modules. But if you're not publishing your code, you can name your own module however you like: "go mod init example" is fine.