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parse.com cloud code, background job call

How can I call a parse background job from after save ?

Parse.Cloud.afterSave("test object", function(request) {
  // I want to call a background job HERE 
});

It want to fire this background job

Parse.Cloud.job("test job", function(request, status) {
  // save all objects (huge save)
});

If I can't do that in the main.js cloud code, could I call a background job in the client side (JavaScript) ?

Thanks,

Solution

  • Apparently there is no way to do it via a javascript API call yet. In order to achieve this, I am using the REST api.

    To get started, in case you've never done REST, here is something that was really helpful to debug for me: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/advanced-rest-client/hgmloofddffdnphfgcellkdfbfbjeloo Later you will call the function Parse.Cloud.httpRequest from Cloud code.

    What you need to do is set the following:

    url: https://api.parse.com/1/jobs/[your test job] (maybe you need to encode the space to a %20 but I would recommend do start without spaces

    method: POST

    request header: 

    X-Parse-Application-Id: [your app id]
X-Parse-Master-Key: [your master key] //([find this here by selecting your app in the dropdown][3])
Content-Type: application/json

    payload: {} //(this will be your input data if you need some

    This ways You can run a background job, but I still can't find a way to schedule it. Hope this help!