Call update in Parse Cloud Code - javascript

I know there were similiar questions, but I see no solution in them.
I want to create new object if it doesn't exists in database, and update if one exists.
Here is my simple code :
Parse.Cloud.beforeSave("Tag", function(request, response) {
var query = new Parse.Query("Tag");
query.equalTo("name", request.object.get("name"));
query.first({
success: function(result) {
if (!result) {
response.success();
} else {
result.increment("popularityCount");
result.save();
}
},
error: function(error) {
alert("Error: " + error.code + " " + error.message);
}
});
});
As you see, I am calling it beforeSave. If query doesn't find anything, creates new entry. If query finds something, it should take this result, and popularityCount. But it doesn't. It works only if I call response.success() after that, but calling this function causes also in creating new entry.

It seems wrong to increment a counter on an object on every save. What if the object is modified for some other reason? If you really do want to increment a field on every save, there's no need for a query -- the object being saved is passed to the function. Moreover, a query will not work in the case where a new object is being saved.
How about instead, find or create the object as one operation, increment the counter when app logic calls for it
function findOrCreateTagNamed(name) {
var query = new Parse.Query(Tag);
query.equalTo("name", name);
return query.first().then(function(tag) {
// if not found, create one...
if (!tag) {
tag = new Tag();
tag.set("popularityCount", 0);
tag.set("name", name);
}
return (tag.isNew())? tag.save() : Parse.Promise.as(tag);
});
}
function incrementPopularityOfTagNamed(name) {
return findOrCreateTagNamed(name).then(function(tag) {
tag.increment("popularityCount");
return tag.save();
});
}
Now there's no need for beforeSave logic (which seems like the right thing to do, not a workaround).
Parse.Cloud.beforeSave("Tag", function(request, response) {
var tag = request.object;
tag.increment("popularityCount");
response.success();
});

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How to chain functions in Parse CloudCode?

I've done a parse job that checks every "X" time if "emailSent" is false, for each user. If it is, I call a function to send a email and change the "emailSent" to true. That works.
My problem is with the function "getMaxId". I need to return the maxid value to change each user "id_client" column, but I don't know how. I've tried this but it doesn't work. This is writing nothing: "console.log("Write somethingggg"); "
Here is the code...
Parse.Cloud.job("test", function(request, status) {
// Set up to modify user data
Parse.Cloud.useMasterKey();
var texto = "New verified emails:\n\t";
// Query for all users
var query = new Parse.Query(Parse.User);
//query.equalTo("emailVerified", true);
query.equalTo("emailSent", false);
query.each(function(user) {
user.set("emailSent", true);
user.save();
var datos = user.get("email")+"\n";
texto=texto+datos;
Parse.Cloud.run("getMaxId", {},{
success: function(results) {
console.log("Write somethingggg");
user.set("id_client", "gofoadasda");
user.save();
var datos = user.get("id_client")+"\n";
//console.log("id_client: "+datos);
response.success();
},
error: function(results, error) {
response.error(errorMessageMaker("running chained function",error));
}
}).then(function() {
// Set the job's success status
}, function(error) {
// Set the job's error status
status.error("Uh oh, something went wrong.");
});
Parse.Cloud.run("sendEmail",{
success: function(results) {
response.success(results);
},
error: function(results, error) {
response.error(errorMessageMaker("running chained function",error));
}
});
}).then(function() {
// Set the job's success status
console.log("texto: "+texto);
status.success("Migration completed successfully.");
}, function(error) {
// Set the job's error status
status.error("Uh oh, something went wrong.");
});
});
Parse.Cloud.define("sendEmail", function(request, response) {
Parse.Cloud.httpRequest({
url: 'http://www.example.com/sendemail.php',
params: {
email : 'email#email.com'
},
success: function(httpResponse) {
console.log(httpResponse.text);
},
error: function(httpResponse) {
console.error('Request failed with response code ' + httpResponse.status);
}
});
});
Parse.Cloud.define("getMaxId", function(request,response) {
var query = new Parse.Query(Parse.User);
query.descending("id_client");
query.find({
success: function(results) {
var idmax=results[0].get("id_client")
console.log("idmax: "+idmax);
response.success(idmax);
},
error: function() {
response.error(" is an error");
}
});
});
FIRST CHANGES:
After #danh help, I tried to do what I need, changing some code:
Important: id_client is a int value which it's unique for each user, it starts at 20000.
get all the users with the flag sentEmail=false.
For each of those users, getMaxId (this returns the actual max "id_client" value for all the users).
Change value of sentEmail to true, set user id_client to the actual max id.
Send email.
New code (sendEmail has no changes):
var _ = require('underscore');
// return a promise to get the max value of id_client in the user table
function getMaxId(user) {
var query = new Parse.Query(Parse.User);
//return query.count();
query.descending("id_client");
query.limit(1);
return query.find().then(function(users) {
if(users[0].get("id_client")<20000){ //No users yet.
user.set("id_client", 20000); //First id:20000
user.save();
return 20000;
}
else{ //There are users. Get the maxId and increment +1.
user.set("id_client", users[0].get("id_client")+1);
user.save();
return (users.length)? users[0].get("id_client")+1 : 0;
}
});
}
// return a promise for users with emailSent flag == false
function usersWithUnsentEmail() {
var query = new Parse.Query(Parse.User);
query.equalTo("emailSent", false);
return query.find();
}
// return a promise to send email to the given user, and to set its
// emailSent flag = true
function sendEmailToUser(user) {
return sendEmail(user.get("email")).then(function() {
user.set("emailSent", true);
return user.save();
});
}
Parse.Cloud.job("test", function(request, response) {
// Set up to modify user data
Parse.Cloud.useMasterKey();
usersWithUnsentEmail().then(function (users){
var emailPromises = _.map(users, function(user) {
//what I understand is that here, for each user, we call getMaxId, getting the actual max id_client, and then, we pass it to "sendEmailToUser".
return getMaxId(user).then(function(max){
return sendEmailToUser(user);
});
});
return Parse.Promise.when(emailPromises);//This means that we have looped all users, is it?
}).then(function(results) {
response.success(results);
}, function(error) {
response.error(error);
});
});
I've tested this with 2 users with the flag "sentEmail" = false and actual max id_client was 20001
Result:
sentEmail flags changed correctly.
2 emails sent correctly.
Error here: id_client for both users changed to 20002. It has to be 20002 and 20003.
Logs in parse:
I2015-04-22T09:44:13.433Z] v90: Ran job test with:
Input: {}
Result: undefined
E2015-04-22T09:44:29.005Z] v90: Ran job test with:
Input: {}
Failed with: Error: Job status message must be a string
at updateJobMessageAndReturn (<anonymous>:790:7)
at Object.success (<anonymous>:828:9)
at main.js:217:18
at e (Parse.js:3:8736)
at Parse.js:3:8185
at Array.forEach (native)
at Object.x.each.x.forEach [as _arrayEach] (Parse.js:1:661)
at c.extend.resolve (Parse.js:3:8136)
at Parse.js:3:8815
at e (Parse.js:3:8736)
EDITED:
We need their email and the id_client that we will assign them.
May be I haven't explained well, the email won't be sent to the user email, the email will be sent to a email that I've determined in the sendemail.php script, and it will be always the same.
I'll explain: You have a local database at home, and parse database. When this Parse.job is called, it will send an email to you (email of php) with a list of the email and the id_client of each user updated. Now you can manually update your local database with the email received info.
So, for this reason, it will be better to send only one email, at the end of all the updates. (I didn't say that because I had a lot of problems yet trying to understand how cloudCode works...)
There are a few things that need fixing in the code: (1) as a rule, use promises if you're doing more than two consecutive asynchronous things, (2) don't call Parse.Cloud.run from cloud code, it's what you call from clients who wish to invoke cloud functions, (3) style-wise, you'll go nuts trying to figure it out later on unless you break the code into small, promise-returning steps.
I've applied all three bits of advice to your code. I don't fully understand the logic as described in code and text, but hopefully I got close enough for you to make sense of it.
// using underscore js, which provides _.map below as well as loads of other useful stuff
var _ = require('underscore');
// return a promise to get the max value of id_client in the user table
function getMaxId() {
var query = new Parse.Query(Parse.User);
query.descending("id_client");
query.limit(1);
return query.find().then(function(users) {
return (users.length)? users[0].get("id_client") : 0;
});
}
// return a promise for users with emailSent flag == false
function usersWithUnsentEmail() {
var query = new Parse.Query(Parse.User);
query.equalTo("emailSent", false);
return query.find();
}
// return a promise to send email to the given user, and to set its
// emailSent flag = true, and to set its clientId to the passed value
function sendEmailToUser(user, idClient) {
return sendEmail(user.get("email")).then(function() {
user.set("emailSent", true);
user.set("id_client", idClient);
return user.save();
});
}
// return a promise to send email to the given email address via an http service
function sendEmail(email) {
var params = {url: 'http://www.example.com/sendemail.php', params: {email : email} };
return Parse.Cloud.httpRequest(params);
}
Parse.Cloud.job("test", function(request, response) {
// Set up to modify user data
Parse.Cloud.useMasterKey();
var maxIdClient;
getMaxId().then(function(result) {
maxIdClient = result;
return usersWithUnsentEmail();
}).then(function(users) {
var emailPromises = _.map(users, function(user) {
return sendEmailToUser(user, maxIdClient);
});
return Parse.Promise.when(emailPromises);
}).then(function(results) {
response.success(results);
}, function(error) {
response.error(error);
});
});
EDIT - we're kind of working on logic here particular to the app, as opposed to the concept of promises, but here goes anyway. To restate the functional requirement: We want a job to find users who have not yet been recorded in another database, represented by a flag called "emailSent". Our goal is to assign these users a unique id, and send their info (for now, we'll say email address and that id) via email to some fixed destination.
So
// getMaxId() from above is almost ready, except the minimum id_client
// value is 20000, so change the line that set this to:
return (users.length)? users[0].get("id_client") : 20000;
// usersWithUnsentEmail() from above is fine
// delete sendEmailToUser() since we're not doing that
// change sendEmail() to take an array of users to be conveyed to
// the other database. Send email about them, then change each user's
// emailSent status and save them
function sendEmail(users) {
var params = {url: 'http://www.example.com/sendemail.php', params: {users : JSON.stringify(users)} };
return Parse.Cloud.httpRequest(params).then(function() {
_.each(users, function(user) {user.set("emailSent", true);});
return Parse.Object.saveAll(users);
});
}
// add a function that takes an array of users, updates their
// id_client to be a new, unique value, and sends mail about them
// to a remote server
function synchUsers(users, idMax) {
_.each(users, function(user) {
user.set("id_client", idMax);
idMax += 1;
});
return sendEmail(users);
}
// update the job taking all this into account
Parse.Cloud.job("test", function(request, response) {
// Set up to modify user data
Parse.Cloud.useMasterKey();
var maxIdClient;
getMaxId().then(function(result) {
maxIdClient = result;
return usersWithUnsentEmail();
}).then(function(users) {
return synchUsers(users, maxIdClient+1);
}).then(function(results) {
response.success(results);
}, function(error) {
response.error(error);
});
});

Parse cloudcode beforeSave obtain pre-updated object

In a beforeSave hook I want to obtain the state of the object prior to the update. In this particular case it is to stop a user from changing their choice once they have made it. Pseudo-code looks something like:
If (user has already voted) {
deny;
} else {
accept;
}
And the code that I have so far is:
Parse.Cloud.beforeSave('votes', function(request, response) {
if (!request.object.isNew()) {
// This is an update. See if the user already voted
if (request.object.get('choice') !== null) {
response.error('Not allowed to change your choice once submitted');
}
}
response.success();
}
But request.object is the state of the object with the update already applied.
Note that the 'votes' object is created separately so this isn't allowing an insert but not an update will not suffice; I need to know if a given field is already set in the database.
While Krodmannix's response is correct (and was helpful to me) it has the overhead of a full query. If you are doing things in beforeSave, you really want to streamline them. As a result, I believe a fetch command is much preferable.
Parse.Cloud.beforeSave('votes', function(request, response) {
if (!request.object.isNew()) {
var Votes = Parse.Object.extend("votes");
var oldVote = new Votes();
oldVote.set("objectId",request.object.id);
oldVote.fetch({
success: function(oldVote) {
if (oldVote('choice') !== null) {
response.error('Not allowed to change your choice once submitted');
}
else {
response.success(); // Only after we check for error do we call success
}
},
error: function(oldVote, error) {
response.error(error.message);
}
});
});
If you are using the self hosted Parse Server, there is a property on request called "original" that is the object before changes.
Parse.Cloud.beforeSave("Post", function(request, response) {
console.log(request.object); //contains changes
console.log(request.original); //contains original
response.success();
});
You can use Parse DirtyKeys to identify which field has changed.
Parse.Cloud.beforeSave(Parse.User, function(request, response) {
for (dirtyKey in request.object.dirtyKeys()) {
if (dirtyKey === "yourfieldname") {
response.error("User is not allowed to modify " + dirtyKey);
return;
}
}
response.success();
});
The request variable is the updated row itself. You can get it's object id through request.object.idand use this to grab the current row from the database and check the current value, like so:
Parse.Cloud.beforeSave('votes', function(request, response) {
if (!request.object.isNew()) {
var query = new Parse.Query("votes");
query.get(request.object.id, { // Gets row you're trying to update
success: function(row) {
if (row.get('choice') !== null)
response.error('Not allowed to change your choice once submitted');
response.success(); // Only after we check for error do we call success
},
error: function(row, error) {
response.error(error.message);
}
});
}
This Worked :
var dirtyKeys = request.object.dirtyKeys();
var query = new Parse.Query("Question");
var clonedData = null;
query.equalTo("objectId", request.object.id);
query.find().then(function(data){
var clonedPatch = request.object.toJSON();
clonedData = data[0];
clonedData = clonedData.toJSON();
console.log("this is the data : ", clonedData, clonedPatch, dirtyKeys);
response.success();
}).then(null, function(err){
console.log("the error is : ", err);
});

Generating and saving a list of ParseObjects within a Parse.Cloud.httpRequest in a cloud function

So, I'm defining a cloud function that's supposed to make a call to the foursquare api and generate a list of restaurants (each restaurant is a ParseObject) from the returned JSON. I successfully do this, but I run into problems when trying to save these objects to my database and send them back to my phone by calling response.success(). The large code block below saves the list to my database, but if I try
Parse.Object.saveAll(restaurants)
response.success(restaurants)
I end the function before all of the restaurants are saved. I tried using this line instead
Parse.Object.saveAll(restaurants).then(response.success(restaurants))
, but only half of the restaurants get saved before I get the error "Failed with: Uncaught Tried to save an object with a pointer to a new, unsaved object." I also get this error if I call response.success(restaurants) without attempting to save the list. I read that this is a bug in parse preventing someone from printing or passing unsaved ParseObjects. Any ideas? I also tried using .then on the http request, but I get the same issues or a new error: "com.parse.ParseException: i/o failure: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out. "
Parse.Cloud.define("callFourSquare", function(request, response) {
//The Parse GeoPoint with current location for search
var geo = request.params.location;
var geoJson = geo.toJSON();
var url = "https://api.foursquare.com/v2/venues/explore?ll=" + geoJson.latitude + ","
+ geoJson.longitude + "&section=food&sortByDistance=1&limit=50&venuePhotos=1&categoryId=4d4b7105d754a06374d81259&client_id= C043AJBWKIPBAXOHLPA0T40SG5L0GGMQRWQCCIKTRRVLFPTH"
+ "&client_secret=Y1GZZRHXEW1I3SQL3LTHQFNIZRDCTRG12FVIQI5QGUX0VIZP&v=20140715";
console.log(url);
//Call to FourSquare api, which returns list of restaurants and their details
Parse.Cloud.httpRequest({
method: "GET",
url: url,
success: function (httpResponse) {
var restaurants = [];
var json = httpResponse.data;
var venues = json.response.groups[0].items;
console.log(venues.length)
for(i = 0; i < venues.length; i++) {
venue = venues[i].venue;
var RestaurantObject = Parse.Object.extend("Restaurant");
var rest = new RestaurantObject();
try {
rest.set("geoLocation",
new Parse.GeoPoint({latitude: venue.location.lat,
longitude: venue.location.lng}));
} catch(err) {}
try {
rest.set("address", venue.location.address + " " + venue.location.formattedAddress[1]);
} catch(err) {}
try {
rest.set("phoneNumber", venue.contact.formattedPhone);
} catch(err) {}
try {
rest.set("website", venue.url);
} catch(err) {}
rest.set("name", venue.name);
rest.set("lowerName", venue.name.toLowerCase());
try {
rest.set("priceLevel", venue.price.tier);
} catch(err) {}
try {
rest.set("rating", venue.rating/2);
} catch(err) {}
try {
rest.set("storeId", venue.id);
} catch(err) {}
try {
rest.set("icon", venue.photos.groups[0].items[0].prefix + "original"
+ venue.photos.groups[0].items[0].suffix)
} catch(err) {}
restaurants.push(rest);
}
Parse.Object.saveAll(restaurants);
},
error: function (httpResponse) {
response.error("Request failed with response code:" + httpResponse.status + " Message: "
+ httpResponse.text);
}
});
});
I believe your issue is that you aren't returning the Promise from Parse.Object.saveAll(restaurants) when your httpRequest() is complete. Try returning that saveAll() promise and see if it completes.

JavaScript/jQuery code block is not updating parse.com class object correctly

I would have expected the following parse.com/javascript code block to save the selected "badeselected" variable to the parse class "myBadges" and automatically create a relationship back to the "_USer" class.
There are no errors being returned in the console log, however neither are there any records being added to the "myBadges" class.
I'm not sure what error I've made here?
Parse.initialize("XXXXX", "XXXXX");
var badgeselected = $("#go").attr("src")
var contact = Parse.Object.extend("myBadges");
var contact = Parse.User.current();
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#send").click(function () {
contact.set("BadgeName", badgeselected);
console.log("done");
contact.save(null, {
success: function (results) {
// The object was saved successfully.
location.reload();
},
error: function (contact, error) {
// The save failed.
// error is a Parse.Error with an error code and description.
alert("Error: " + error.code + " " + error.message);
}
});
});
});
You are declaring contact twice. First as an extension called myBadges, and then as current user (discarding the first). Check the current user object in the data browser. You should find the badges there.
UPDATE
Here is an example from the javascript guide:
var GameScore = Parse.Object.extend("GameScore");
var gameScore = new GameScore();
gameScore.set("score", 1337);
gameScore.set("playerName", "Sean Plott");
gameScore.set("cheatMode", false);
gameScore.save(null, {
success: function(gameScore) {
// Execute any logic that should take place after the object is saved.
alert('New object created with objectId: ' + gameScore.id);
},
error: function(gameScore, error) {
// Execute any logic that should take place if the save fails.
// error is a Parse.Error with an error code and description.
alert('Failed to create new object, with error code: ' + error.description);
}
});
You should be able to use this in your jquery code. See how they first declare GameScore as an extension, and then gameScore as new GameScore();
And THEN they set the values on the object.
More info: https://parse.com/docs/js_guide

Parse - Check for Update inside BeforeSave in Cloud Code

I want to check that I am not saving a duplicate entry for the attend status of an event - so on BeforeSave I am checking that the event rsvp has not already been entered - if it has, I want to know if it needs to be updated. If it does, I want to do an update instead of create a new RSVP entry.
This is my code - I can't seem to get it to work, even with the simplist update inside BeforeSave.
Parse.Cloud.beforeSave("Rsvps", function(request, response) {
var eventid = request.object.get("eventid");
var userid = request.object.get("userid");
var rsvp_status = request.object.get("rsvp_status");
var Rsvps = Parse.Object.extend("Rsvps");
var query = new Parse.Query(Rsvps);
query.equalTo("eventid", eventid);
query.equalTo("userid", userid);
query.first({
success: function(object) {
if (object) {
// response.error("An RSVP for this event already exists.");
request.object.id = object.id;
request.object.set('rsvp_status', "attending");
request.object.save();
} else {
response.success();
}
},
error: function(error) {
response.error("Error: " + error.code + " " + error.message);
}
});
});
I've tried so many variation of this without any joy - this my latest attempt.
#CityLogic you shouldn't have to call that second save in #ahoffer's example, because you are in the beforeSave trigger. Just set the resp_status and call response.success().
UPDATED. I added a check not to not update an existing object if the 'attending' value is correct. Give this a try. If there are any you cannot resolve, add the errors as a comment to this answer.
Parse.Cloud.beforeSave("Rsvps", function (request, response) {
var eventid = request.object.get("eventid");
var userid = request.object.get("userid");
var rsvp_status = request.object.get("rsvp_status");
//Do not re-declare the class
//var Rsvps = Parse.Object.extend("Rsvps");
var query = new Parse.Query("Rsvps");
//Check for existing RSVP
query.equalTo("eventid", eventid);
query.equalTo("userid", userid);
query.first().then(function (object) {
if (object && object.get('rsvp_status') != "attending") {
//RSVP exists and needs updating.
// Do not save the object attached to the request.
//Instead, update existing object.
object.set('rsvp_status', "attending");
object.save().then(function () {
response.error('Updated existing RSVP to "attending"');
},
function (error) {
response.error("Error: " + error.code + " " + error.message);
});
} else {
//Continuing and save the new RSVP object because it is not a duplicate.
response.success();
}
},
function (error) {
response.error("Error: " + error.code + " " + error.message);
});
});

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