Adding new fields to ParseObjects in Parse Cloud code for client only. without saving to DB

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When I want to retrieve ParseObjects (Posts) from parse db (mongo) to display in my Android app, I need to add new fields to ParseObject in the cloud code before delivering to client. these fields are only necessary for the client and thus I do not want to save them to the cloud/db. but for some weird reason it seems like the additional fields are only delivered to client successfully if I save them to cloud. something like this will work:

Parse.Cloud.define("getPosts", function(request, response){
   const query = new Parse.Query("Post");
   query.find()
   .then((results) => {
     results.forEach(result => {
        result.set("cloudTestField", "this is a testing server cloud field");
     });
    return Parse.Object.saveAll(results);
   })
   .then((results) => {
     response.success(results);
   })
  .catch(() => {
    response.error("wasnt able to retrieve post parse objs");
  }); 
});

this delivers all new fields to my client. but if I don't save them to db and just add them prior to client delivery something like this:

Parse.Cloud.define("getPosts", function(request, response){
   const query = new Parse.Query("Post");
   query.find()
   .then((results) => {
       results.forEach(result => {
        result.set("cloudTestField", "this is a testing server cloud field");
       });
     response.success(results);
    })
   .catch(() => {
    response.error("wasnt able to retrieve post parse objs");
   }); 
});

Then for some reason, In my android studio (client log), I receive null on the key "cloudTestField"

ParseCloud.callFunctionInBackground("getPosts", params,
            new FunctionCallback<List<ParseObject>>(){
                @Override
                public void done(List<ParseObject> objects, ParseException e) {
                    if (objects.size() > 0 && e == null) {
                        for (ParseObject postObj : objects) {
                            Log.d("newField", postObj.getString("cloudTestField"));
                        }
                    } else if (objects.size() <= 0) {
                        Log.d("parseCloudResponse", "sorry man. no objects from server");
                    } else {
                        Log.d("parseCloudResponse", e.getMessage());
                    }
                }
            });

and for some reason, the output is:

newField: null

How do I add fields to ParseObjects in cloud without saving to db

Hudi Ilfeld · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-12 13:29:01Z

2

Turnes out, you cannot add fields whom are not persistent - to ParseObject. So I needed to convert the parseObjects to Json and now it's working like a charm:

Parse.Cloud.define("getPosts", function(request, response){
const query = new Parse.Query("Post");
var postJsonList = [];
query.find()
.then((results) => {
    results.forEach(result => {
        var post = result.toJSON();
        post.cloudTestField = "this is a testing server cloud field";
        postJsonList.push(post);
    });
    response.success(postJsonList);
})
.catch(() => {
    response.error("wasnt able to retrieve post parse objs");
}); 
});

answered Aug 12, 2018 at 13:29

Hudi Ilfeld

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