Difference between parse.com cloud code and rest api

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I am interested in using parse and am a little confused as to the difference between their products.

I am looking to run server code on the platform and I can see that there is a cloud code option as well as a REST api option.

What is the difference between the two? For me it it seems as though they are the same in the sense that they both run server code

OneCricketeer · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-24 18:13:11Z

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Cloud Code allows you to define JavaScript functions that run server-side.

These methods are exposed to the REST interface, so your confusion is valid, but you only put/request information via REST, not perform logic.

So say you defined a Cloud Code method to run before you saved a Parse Object. When you make a PUT request through REST with your object body, that Cloud Code method will run.

answered Nov 24, 2015 at 18:13

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user2202911 Over a year ago

Ok interesting, so they work together then with the cloud code as an optional layer

OneCricketeer Over a year ago

Correct. Additionally REST is useful for when there is no SDK written for a particular language.

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