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enjoyjeremy
enjoyjeremy

Reputation: 188

Parse Server running locally has error when calling User signUp

Is there any reason I'm getting this error when running parse server locally, but not when hosted on Heroku? Status:100 Message:XMLHttpRequest failed: "Unable to connect to the Parse API"

I have mongodb installed and running locally. I also have a .env file that contains APP_ID and MASTER_KEY that gets pulled in with dotenv locally.

Here's an abbreviated example of what I'm trying to do...

var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var dotenv  = require('dotenv').config({silent: true});
var ParseServer = require('parse-server').ParseServer;
var Parse = require('parse/node');

// Set up the parse server
var databaseUri = process.env.DATABASE_URI || process.env.MONGOLAB_URI;
var api = new ParseServer({
  databaseURI: databaseUri || 'mongodb://localhost:27017/dev',
  cloud: process.env.CLOUD_CODE_MAIN || __dirname + '/cloud/main.js',
  appId: process.env.APP_ID || 'myAppId',
  masterKey: process.env.MASTER_KEY || ''
});

// Set up express
var app = express();
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
var mountPath = process.env.PARSE_MOUNT || '/parse';
app.use(mountPath, api);
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
  extended: true
}));

// Initialize parse so that I can use in my routes and controllers
Parse.initialize(process.env.APP_ID,'unused');
Parse.serverURL = process.env.SERVER_URI || 'http://locahost:1337/parse';

// Routes
app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.status(200).send('[form goes here that sends POST to "/sign-up"]');
});
app.post('/sign-up', function(req, res) {
  var user = new Parse.User();
  user.set("email", req.body.inputEmail);
  user.set("password", req.body.inputPassword);

  user.signUp(null, {
    success: function(user) {
      res.status(200).send('Signup Success!');
    },
    error: function(user, error) {
      res.status(200).send('Signup Failed');
    }
  });
});

var port = process.env.PORT || 1337;
app.listen(port);

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2312

Answers (1)

Simon Bengtsson
Simon Bengtsson

Reputation: 8151

The error Unable to connect to the Parse API implies that the Parse sdk can't connect to the given serverURL. In your case it seems to be a typo: http://locahost:1337/parse should be http://localhost:1337/parse?

You should also remove the var Parse = require('parse/node'); and the custom initialization as the parse sdk will be initialized in Parse Server and Parse will then be available globally. Take a look at the usage example in the readme. Your code should look something like this:

var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var dotenv  = require('dotenv').config({silent: true});
var ParseServer = require('parse-server').ParseServer;

// Set up the parse server
var databaseUri = process.env.DATABASE_URI || process.env.MONGOLAB_URI;
var api = new ParseServer({
  databaseURI: databaseUri || 'mongodb://localhost:27017/dev',
  cloud: process.env.CLOUD_CODE_MAIN || __dirname + '/cloud/main.js',
  appId: process.env.APP_ID || 'myAppId',
  masterKey: process.env.MASTER_KEY || '',
  serverURL: process.env.SERVER_URI || 'http://localhost:1337/parse'
});

// Set up express
var app = express();
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
var mountPath = process.env.PARSE_MOUNT || '/parse';
app.use(mountPath, api);
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
  extended: true
}));

// Routes
app.post('/sign-up', function(req, res) {
  var user = new Parse.User(); // Parse available as a global variable
});

var port = process.env.PORT || 1337;
app.listen(port);

Upvotes: 2

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