Parse lib for Appcelerator Titanium - iOS & Android

I am using the open source Parse-Server in some of my Titanium Apps so i needed a way to access my data easily and with ease. I've looked at some other projects like RESTe or the Kinvey Backbone SDK to get an idea of how i want to structure my stuff.

The result is a small lib which allows access to Parse with all the stuff we love like Backbone Models and Collections support. Besides that it supports caching using LokiDB (coming soon)

The lib based on a "active_user" lifecycle. So after you init the lib and logged in with a specific user every call uses the specific session_token to authenticate.

• LokiDB (Database for caching and store session_token & active_user)
• Q.js (Promises)

• User

  • Login
  • Logout
  • Registration
  • Refreshing ( "me" )
  • Retrieve the active_user

• Data

  • CRUD Operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete);
  • Query for Data (urlparams at the moment, functions for more comfort are in the pipeline)

• Files

  • Full Support for Uploading Files

• Push

  • Push-Support is coming soon

At the moment I am using Sashido for hosting my Parse-Server. I really can recommand you to try their service. If you do - maybe use Refferal ;) Of course you can setup your own installation on Providers like AWS, Heroku etc. At least it's a great starting point to develop your new Application.

// Parse Init
TiParse.init({
  base_url : "https://www.yourparseserver.com/1/)",
  app_key : "your_app_key",
  rest_key : "your_rest_key",
  usermodel : M_User
}).then(function(active_user){
  if( active_user ){
    console.log("I am already available - Jeah :)");
  }else{
    var user = new M_User();
    user.login({
      username : "username",
      password : "password"
    }).then(function(response){
      console.log("Login success - Jeah :)")
    });
  }
});

Your alloy.js should look similar to this:

var Q = require('q');
var TiParse = require('TiParse');

/**
 * User-Model
 */
var M_User = Backbone.Model.extend({
  // Custom Functions and Properties
  //fullname : function(){
  //  return this.get('first_name') + " " + this.get("last_name");
  //}
});
_.extend(M_User.prototype, TiParse.Backbone.UserMixin);

As you can see, I've created a global Reference to "my" User-Model. You can extend it with custom functions and properties as you need them. In this case there is a commented function to get the fullname of an user based on his/her first_name and last_name attributes. This way you can modify your Base Classes at one place and use them anywhere in your application.

• ###1.0.0 (02.11.2016)
  • inital Release
  • Basic Support for User Functions
  • Basic Support for Data Functions