Parse - saving related objects

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I'm using Parse for the back end in my project.

As you would imagine there are quite a few relations in the data model. A lot of the time I create a "parent" object and all of its "children" at the same moment and save them all to Parse.

Now, when doing this is it necessary to save the children individually? The same for files etc...

First example - Adding an avatar to a user object

UIImage *image = // image from camera
NSData *pngData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image);
PFFile *imageFile = [PFFile fileWithData:pngData];
[[PFUser currentUser] setObject:imageFile forKey:"avatar"];

OK, so on the device I can reference the @"avatar" key on the user and get the avatar file. But how should this be saved to Parse?

If I do...

[[PFUser currentUser] saveInBackground];

Will this save the new file that was added? Or do I need to save the file first and wait for this to succeed before then adding it into the user object and then saving the user object?

Second example

Creating a tree of objects...

PFObject *family = [PFObject objectWithClassName:@"Family"];
[family setObject:@"Smith" forKey:@"familyName"];

PFObject *person1 = [PFObject objectWithClassName:@"Person"];
[person1 setObject:@"Bob" forKey:@"name"];

PFObject *person2 = [PFObject objectWithClassName:@"Person"];
[person2 setObject:@"Alice" forKey:@"name"];

PFObject *person3 = [PFObject objectWithClassName:@"Person"];
[person3 setObject:@"Chris" forKey:@"name"];

[family setObject:@[person1, person2, person3] forKey:@"members"];

How would I save this collection of objects?

Can I just do [family saveInBackground];?

Or do I have to go through a process of saving every Person object first and checking that it worked before saving the family object?

Marius Waldal · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-14 11:29:46Z

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As long as the relationship between parent and child is Pointer, you don't have to save the child first. PFRelation works differently, but a save on the parent object will also save children related as pointers. This is true for Cloud Code, and I am pretty sure it holds true for the device as well.

Some details in this answer: https://www.parse.com/questions/cloud-code-efficient-hierarchy-saving

answered May 14, 2014 at 11:29

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Lithu T.V · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-14 10:17:26Z

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Yes that will do...in fact there is a wide range of methods for saving the contents

Saving an Object to Parse

– save
– save:
– saveInBackground
– saveInBackgroundWithBlock:
– saveInBackgroundWithTarget:selector:
– saveEventually
– saveEventually:
Saving Many Objects to Parse

+ saveAll:
+ saveAll:error:
+ saveAllInBackground:
+ saveAllInBackground:block:
+ saveAllInBackground:target:selector:

Refer Here for more

answered May 14, 2014 at 10:17

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Fogmeister Over a year ago

Thanks, it was more a question of whether the hierarchy is saved when saving the parent though? Most of the time I'm using saveInBackgroundWithBlock: just wondered about having to save children individually :D

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