Parse-server: How to start a Parse Server with Express using npm package parse-server?

[vegidio]

I installed and managed to run properly Parse Server with Express using the example server that you have on Github (https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server-example).

This is what I did:

1. I cloned the parse-server-example repo.
2. Edited the file index.js based on my needs.
3. Then I ran npm install and npm start.

Now I want to achieve the same thing using the package parse-server available on npm, but based on the instructions that I found in the package page (https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-server) I couldn't figure out how to run it with Express. I managed to run it only without Express.

In other words, I don't want to clone the parse-server-example every time I need to use Parse. I want to start my server using only the parse-server command line tool and the index.js file.

Thanks

[flovilmart]

This is fairly easy;

1. Create an empty director
2. In that dir run npm init
3. Run npm install --save parse-server
4. In package.json add { ..., "scripts": { "start": "parse-server config.json"}}
5. Create a config.json with your option (appId, masterKey...)
6. Run npm start

[vegidio]

Thanks a lot!