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const GameScore = Parse.Object.extend("GameScore");
const gameScore = new GameScore();
gameScore.set("playerName", "Sean Plott");
gameScore.set("cheatMode", false);
gameScore.save()
.then((gameScore) => {
   // Execute any logic that should take place after the object is saved.
   alert('New object created with objectId: ' + gameScore.id);
}, (error) => {
   // Execute any logic that should take place if the save fails.
   // error is a Parse.Error with an error code and message.
   alert('Failed to create new object, with error code: ' + error.message);
});

Javascript | Documentation

var gameScore = PFObject(className:"GameScore")
gameScore["score"] = 1337
gameScore["playerName"] = "Sean Plott"
gameScore["cheatMode"] = false
gameScore.saveInBackground {
   (success: Bool, error: Error?) in
   if (success) {
     // The object has been saved.
   } else {
     // There was a problem, check error.description
   }
}

Swift | Documentation

PFObject *gameScore = [PFObject objectWithClassName:@"GameScore"];
gameScore[@"score"] = @1337;
gameScore[@"playerName"] = @"Sean Plott";
gameScore[@"cheatMode"] = @NO;
[gameScore saveInBackgroundWithBlock:^(BOOL succeeded, NSError *error) {
   if (succeeded) {
     // The object has been saved.
   } else {
     // There was a problem, check error.description
   }
}];

Objective-C | Documentation

ParseObject gameScore = new ParseObject("GameScore");
gameScore.put("score", 1337);
gameScore.put("playerName", "Sean Plott");
gameScore.put("cheatMode", false);
gameScore.saveInBackground();

Android | Documentation

ParseObject gameScore = new ParseObject("GameScore");
gameScore["score"] = 1337;
gameScore["playerName"] = "Sean Plott";
await gameScore.SaveAsync();

Xamarin | Documentation

//cURL

curl -X POST \
-H "X-Parse-Application-Id: YOUR_APPLICATION_ID" \
-H "X-Parse-REST-API-Key: YOUR_REST_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"score":1337,"playerName":"Sean Plott","cheatMode":false}' \
https://parseapi.back4app.com/functions/GameScore

// Python

import json,httplib
connection = httplib.HTTPSConnection('https://parseapi.back4app.com', 443)
connection.connect()
connection.request('POST', '/classes/GameScore', json.dumps({
   "score": 1337,
   "playerName": "Sean Plott",
   "cheatMode": False
}), {
   "X-Parse-Application-Id": "YOUR_APPLICATION_ID",
   "X-Parse-REST-API-Key": "YOUR_REST_API_KEY",
   "Content-Type": "application/json"
})
results = json.loads(connection.getresponse().read())
print results

var GameScore = Parse.Object.extend("GameScore");
var query = new Parse.Query(GameScore);
query.get("xWMyZ4YEGZ")
.then((gameScore) => {
// The object was retrieved successfully.
}, (error) => {
// The object was not retrieved successfully.
// error is a Parse.Error with an error code and message.
});

Javascript | Documentation

let score = gameScore["score"] as Int
let playerName = gameScore["playerName"] as String
let cheatMode = gameScore["cheatMode"] as Bool

Swift | Documentation

PFQuery *query = [PFQuery queryWithClassName:@"GameScore"];
[query getObjectInBackgroundWithId:@"xWMyZ4YEGZ" block:^(PFObject
*gameScore, NSError *error) {
   // Do something with the returned PFObject in the gameScore variable.
}];
// The InBackground methods are asynchronous, so any code after this will run
// immediately. Any code that depends on the query result should be moved
// inside the completion block above.

var query = PFQuery(className:"GameScore")
query.getObjectInBackgroundWithId("xWMyZEGZ") {
   (gameScore: PFObject?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
   if error == nil && gameScore != nil {
     print(gameScore)
   } else {
     print(error)
   }
}

Objective-C | Documentation

query.getInBackground("xWMyZ4YEGZ", new GetCallback() {
   public void done(ParseObject object, ParseException e) {
     if (e == null)
       // object will be your game score
     } else {
       // something went wrong
     }
   }
});

Android | Documentation

ParseObject gameScore = await query.GetAsync("xWMyZ4YEGZ");

Xamarin | Documentation

// cURL

curl -X GET \
-H "X-Parse-Application-Id: YOUR_APPLICATION_ID" \
-H "X-Parse-REST-API-Key: YOUR_REST_API_KEY" \
https://parseapi.back4app.com/classes/GameScore/Ed1nuqPvcm

// Python

import json,httplib
connection = httplib.HTTPSConnection('YOUR.PARSE-SERVER.HERE', 443)
connection.connect()
connection.request('GET', '/classes/GameScore/Ed1nuqPvcm', '', {
"X-Parse-Application-Id": "YOUR_APPLICATION_ID",
"X-Parse-REST-API-Key": "YOUR_REST_API_KEY"
})
result = json.loads(connection.getresponse().read())
print result

Parse.User.logIn(infoUser.usernameLogin, infoUser.passwordLogin, {
success: function(user) {
    console.log(user);
   },
     }else{
     error: function(user, error) {
     console.log("Error: " + error + "\nUser info: " + user);
   }
});

Javascript | Documentation

PFUser.logInWithUsername(inBackground: signInUsernameField.text!, password: signInPasswordField.text!) { (user, error) in

   UIViewController.removeSpinner(spinner: sv)
   if user != nil {
     self.loadHomeScreen()
   }else{
     if let descrip = error?.localizedDescription{
    ;   self.displayErrorMessage(message: (descrip))
     }
   }
}

Swift | Documentation

PFUser *user = [PFUser user];
   user.username = signUpUserNameTextField.text;
   user.password = signUpPasswordTextField.text;
   [activityIndicatorView startAnimating];
   [user signUpInBackgroundWithBlock:^(BOOL succeeded, NSError *error) {
     [self->activityIndicatorView stopAnimating];
     if (!error) {
       [self goToMainPage];{
     } else {
       [self displayMessageToUser:error.localizedDescription];
     }
   }];
}

Objective-C | Documentation

   public void done(ParseUser parseUser, ParseException e) {
     if (parseUser != null) {
       alertDisplayer("Sucessful Login","Welcome back" + + "!");
     } else {
       ParseUser.logOut();
       Toast.makeText(LoginActivity.this, e.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
     }
   } });

Android | Documentation

try{
   await ParseUser.LogInAsync("myname", "mypass");

   // Login was successfull.
}
catch (Exception e){
   // The login failed. Check the error to see why.
}

Xamarin | Documentation

Parse.Push.send({
channels: [ "Newsletter", "contactForm" ],
   data: {
     alert: "We have new promotions in our Curtains section."
   }
}, {
   success: function() {
     // Push was successful
   },
   error: function(error) {
     // Handle error
   }
});

Javascript | Documentation

PFCloud.callFunctionInBackground("averageRatings", withParameters: ["value":"$15.99"]) {
   (response: AnyObject?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
   let ratings = response as? Float
   // return Products
}

Swift | Documentation

PFPush *push = [[PFPush alloc] init];

// Be sure to use the plural 'setChannels'.
[push setChannels:channels];
[push setMessage:@"We have new promotions in our Curtains section."];
[push sendPushInBackground];

Objective-C | Documentation

channels.add("Newsletter");
channels.add("contactForm");
ParsePush push = new ParsePush();
push.setChannels(channels); // Notice we use setChannels not setChannel
push.setMessage("We have new promotions in our Curtains section.");
push.sendInBackground();

Android | Documentation

var push = new ParsePush();var push = new ParsePush();

{ "value", "$15.99" }
};
'ParseCloud.CallFunctionAsync>("getPrice", params).ContinueWith(t => {
push.Alert = "We have new promotions in our Curtains section.";

Xamarin | Documentation

Parse.Cloud.run('averageStars', { movie: 'The Matrix'
}).then(function(ratings) {
// ratings should be 4.5
});

Javascript | Documentation

   (response: AnyObject?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
   let ratings = response as? Float
   block:^(NSNumber *ratings, NSError *error) {
   // ratings is 4.5
}

Swift | Documentation

   withParameters:@{@"movie": @"The Matrix"}
   block:^(NSNumber *ratings, NSError *error) {
   if (!error) {
     // ratings is 4.5
   }
}];

Objective-C | Documentation

params.put("movie", "The Matrix");

   void done(Float ratings, ParseException e) {
   if (e == null) {
     // ratings is 4.5
     }
   }
});

Android | Documentation

{
   { "movie", "The Matrix" }
};

   var ratings = t.Result;
   // ratings is 4.5
});

Xamarin | Documentation

curl -X POST \
-H "X-Parse-Application-Id: YOUR_APPLICATION_ID" \
-H "X-Parse-REST-API-Key: YOUR_REST_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d ‘{ "movie": "The Matrix" }’ \
https://parseapi.back4app.com/functions/averageStars
// And finally, to call the same function from a JavaScript app:

Parse.Cloud.run(‘averageStars’, { movie: ‘The Matrix’ }).then(function(ratings) {
/ ratings should be 4.5 });

$ratings = ParseCloud::run("averageRatings", ["movie" => "The Matrix"]);
// $ratings is 4.5

Command Line Interface

Parse.Cloud.define("averageStars", function(request, response) {
const query = new Parse.Query("Review");
query.find()
   .then((results) => {
   let sum = 0;

     sum += results[i].get("stars");
   }
   response.success(sum / results.length);
   })
   .catch(() => {
     response.error("movie lookup failed");
   });
});

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Javascript | Documentation

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Easy to use on the front-end!

Build your app on Back4App using Parse framework

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David Liu

Stephen Johnson

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