Parse-sdk-js: How do you use master key?

Created on 16 Feb 2017 · 4Comments · Source: parse-community/Parse-SDK-JS

I want to use my master key, however none of the documentation even mentions it. How can I use it to call .save() and over-ride permissions on an object

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dylankbuckley

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There's a bunch of information on the master key in the security section of the documentation: http://parseplatform.github.io/docs/js/guide/#client-vs-server

To summarize:

Only use it on the server; distributing the master key to your client means anyone can edit your data
To use it, it needs to be provided at initialization: Parse.initialize(applicationKey, optionalJSKey, masterKey);
To use it for all requests, call Parse.Cloud.useMasterKey()
To use it for a single request, provide useMasterKey: true in the optional permissions object passed as the final parameter to any server call, eg: myObject.save({}, {useMasterKey: true})

andrewimm on 16 Feb 2017

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There's a bunch of information on the master key in the security section of the documentation: http://parseplatform.github.io/docs/js/guide/#client-vs-server

To summarize:

Only use it on the server; distributing the master key to your client means anyone can edit your data
To use it, it needs to be provided at initialization: Parse.initialize(applicationKey, optionalJSKey, masterKey);
To use it for all requests, call Parse.Cloud.useMasterKey()
To use it for a single request, provide useMasterKey: true in the optional permissions object passed as the final parameter to any server call, eg: myObject.save({}, {useMasterKey: true})