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You can create an instance of ParseServer, and mount it on a new or existing Express website:
```js
var express = require('express');
var ParseServer = require('parse-server').ParseServer;
var app = express();
// Specify the connection string for your mongodb database
// and the location to your Parse cloud code
var api = new ParseServer({
databaseURI: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/dev',
cloud: '/home/myApp/cloud/main.js', // Provide an absolute path
appId: 'myAppId',
masterKey: '', //Add your master key here. Keep it secret!
fileKey: 'optionalFileKey',
serverURL: 'http://localhost:1337/parse' // Don't forget to change to https if needed
});
// Serve the Parse API on the /parse URL prefix
app.use('/parse', api);
app.listen(1337, function() {
console.log('parse-server-example running on port 1337.');
Documentation for Parse Server is available in the [wiki](https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/wiki) for this repository. The [Parse Server guide](https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/wiki/Parse-Server-Guide) is a good place to get started.
If you're interested in developing for Parse Server, the [Development guide](https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/wiki/Development-Guide) will help you get set up.
The hosted version of Parse will be fully retired on January 28th, 2017. If you are planning to migrate an app, you need to begin work as soon as possible. Learn more in the [Migration guide](https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/wiki/Migrating-an-Existing-Parse-App).
The client keys used with Parse are no longer necessary with parse-server. If you wish to still require them, perhaps to be able to refuse access to older clients, you can set the keys at initialization time. Setting any of these keys will require all requests to provide one of the configured keys.
On this module, you need to implement and export those two functions `validateAuthData(authData, options) {} ` and `validateAppId(appIds, authData) {}`.
For more informations about custom auth please see the examples:
* filesAdapter - The default behavior (GridStore) can be changed by creating an adapter class (see [`FilesAdapter.js`](https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/blob/master/src/Adapters/Files/FilesAdapter.js))
* loggerAdapter - The default behavior/transport (File) can be changed by creating an adapter class (see [`LoggerAdapter.js`](https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/blob/master/src/Adapters/Logger/LoggerAdapter.js))
Parse server does not include a web-based dashboard, which is where class-level permissions have always been configured. If you migrate an app from Parse, you'll see the format for CLPs in the SCHEMA collection. There is also a `setPermissions` method on the `Schema` class, which you can see used in the unit-tests in `Schema.spec.js`
You can also set up an app on Parse, providing the connection string for your mongo database, and continue to use the dashboard on Parse.com.
*`Parse.User.current()` or `Parse.Cloud.useMasterKey()` in cloud code. Instead of `Parse.User.current()` use `request.user` and instead of `Parse.Cloud.useMasterKey()` pass `useMasterKey: true` to each query. To make queries and writes as a specific user within Cloud Code, you need the user's session token, which is available in `request.user.getSessionToken()`.
We really want Parse to be yours, to see it grow and thrive in the open source community. Please see the [Contributing to Parse Server guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
