How can I add field Pointer/Relation to schema via function addField?

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1

Docs says:

addField(name, type, options)
...
type (String)  Can be a (...Array|Object|**Pointer**|**Parse.Relation**)

But Pointer/Relation need targetClass as well, and there are no place for it (in options it does not work).

2

If you want to name the field “activity” and create a pointer to a class named “Activity”, you can do the following:

addPointer('activity', 'Activity')
3

I leave it as a fallback. Or is it the only way?

4

BTW Is there are another fields (except type, targetClass, required and defaultValue) within field described field (sorry for the pun)?

5

I’m not sure understand your question. Looking at his example may help https://github.com/netreconlab/parse-hipaa/blob/16cbdcf7e72d236a0cb6ed67dec26d7b68475b48/parse/cloud/main.js#L50-L82

6

So addField does not work with Pointer or Relation as I understand, only with specific addPointer and addRelation. And there is a documentation error about using addField with these types.

P.S. I had to write:

   switch (type) {
      case 'Pointer':
        schema.addPointer(key, targetClass, options);
        break;
      case 'Relation':
        schema.addRelation(key, targetClass);
        break;
      default:
        schema.addField(key, type, options);
    }
7

Interesting, I’ve never attempted to use addField to add a Pointer or Relation before. @davimacedo @dplewis @Manuel are more familiar with JS than I am. Do any of you see an issue in the documentation? It seems

schema.addField(key, 'Pointer', options);

should work based on what I see…

8

It does not work because you’d need to also specify the targetClass but it is not currently available in the options. So currently addPointer/addRelation is the right way to go.