Parse.User objectId to create pointer in a new class

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#1

Cloud function; given an email address, I want to retrieve the object from Parse.User and in the same function create a new object with a pointer field?

Example:

I have a job class with pointer to User class and when I create a new job object, I have:

JobTitle:
From:( CurrentUser)
To: (this is a pointer and I need to retrieve Parse.User object by querying the given email address and once I retrieve the object, I assigned it to To)

Any help out there?

#2

Would you mind to share what you’ve tried so far?

#3

Parse.Cloud.define(“createTask”, async (request) => {
let currentUser = request.user;
let toUser = new Parse.Query(Parse.User);

  const taskmess = request.params.taskmess;
  const usernamefrom = request.params.usernamefrom;
  const usernameto = request.params.usernameto;
  const taskstatus = request.params.taskstatus;
  const tasklogo = request.params.tasklogo;
  const actionlogo = request.params.actionlogo;
  const taskdeadline = request.params.taskdeadline;
  const newTask = new Parse.Object('Tasks');

  
  toUser.equalTo("username",req.params.username);

  newTask.set('TaskMessage',taskmess);
  newTask.set('UserNameFrom',usernamefrom);
  newTask.set('UserNameTo',usernameto);
  newTask.set('userTo',toUser);
  newTask.set('userFrom',currentUser)
  newTask.set('TaskStatus',taskstatus);
  newTask.set('TaskLogo',tasklogo);
  newTask.set('ActionLogo',actionlogo);
  newTask.set('TaskDeadline',taskdeadline);

  try {
      return await newTask.save();
  } catch(error) {
      console.log('Task -error' + error.code + ' ' + error.message);
  }
  
 });

Please note that userTo and userFrom are pointers

#4

You need to fetch the user and pass the object (not the query). Something like this:

Parse.Cloud.define(“createTask”, async (request) => {
let currentUser = request.user;
let toUserQuery = new Parse.Query(Parse.User);

  const taskmess = request.params.taskmess;
  const usernamefrom = request.params.usernamefrom;
  const usernameto = request.params.usernameto;
  const taskstatus = request.params.taskstatus;
  const tasklogo = request.params.tasklogo;
  const actionlogo = request.params.actionlogo;
  const taskdeadline = request.params.taskdeadline;
  const newTask = new Parse.Object('Tasks');

  
  toUserQuery.equalTo("username",req.params.username);
  const toUser =  await toUserQuery.first({ useMasterKey: true });

  newTask.set('TaskMessage',taskmess);
  newTask.set('UserNameFrom',usernamefrom);
  newTask.set('UserNameTo',usernameto);
  newTask.set('userTo',toUser);
  newTask.set('userFrom',currentUser)
  newTask.set('TaskStatus',taskstatus);
  newTask.set('TaskLogo',tasklogo);
  newTask.set('ActionLogo',actionlogo);
  newTask.set('TaskDeadline',taskdeadline);

  try {
      return await newTask.save();
  } catch(error) {
      console.log('Task -error' + error.code + ' ' + error.message);
  }
  
 });