Example project using the parse-server module on Express.
Read the full server guide here: https://parse.com/docs/server/guide
- Make sure you have at least Node 4.1.
node --version
- Clone this repo and change directory to it.
npm install
- Install mongo locally using http://docs.mongodb.org/master/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-os-x/
- Run
mongo
to connect to your database, just to make sure it's working. Once you see a mongo prompt, exit with Control-D - Run the server with:
npm start
- By default it will use a path of /parse for the API routes. To change this, or use older client SDKs, run
export PARSE_MOUNT=/1
before launching the server. - You now have a database named "dev" that contains your Parse data
- Install ngrok and you can test with devices
- Clone the repo and change directory to it
- Use the Heroku Toolbelt to log in and prepare the app
- Use the MongoLab addon:
heroku addons:create mongolab:sandbox
- Use
heroku config
and note the URI provided by MongoLab under the var MONGOLAB_URI - Copy this URI and set it as a new config variable:
heroku config:set DATABASE_URI=mongodb://...
- By default it will use a path of /parse for the API routes. To change this, or use older client SDKs, run
heroku config:set PARSE_MOUNT=/1
- Deploy it with:
git push heroku master
You can use the REST API, the JavaScript SDK, and any of our open-source SDKs:
Example request to a server running locally:
curl -X POST \
-H "X-Parse-Application-Id: myAppId" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"score":1337,"playerName":"Sean Plott","cheatMode":false}' \
http://localhost:1337/parse/classes/GameScore
curl -X POST \
-H "X-Parse-Application-Id: myAppId" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{}' \
http://localhost:1337/parse/functions/hello
Example using it via JavaScript:
Parse.initialize('myAppId','unused');
Parse.serverURL = 'https://whatever.herokuapp.com';
var obj = new Parse.Object('GameScore');
obj.set('score',1337);
obj.save().then(function(obj) {
console.log(obj.toJSON());
var query = new Parse.Query('GameScore');
query.get(obj.id).then(function(objAgain) {
console.log(objAgain.toJSON());
}, function(err) {console.log(err); });
}, function(err) { console.log(err); });
You can change the server URL in all of the open-source SDKs, but we're releasing new builds which provide initialization time configuration of this property.