Files [parse.File]¶

parse.upload()¶

Upload a file.

This is a special method, it is accessed directly from the parse namespace, parse.upload( args ). It is not a standard parse.request.

Parameters

• filename.ext
• baseDirectory (optional, default: system.DocumentsDirectory)

The baseDirectory is the source directory where your file resides.

  parse.upload( "filename.ext" )
  :response()

You can also follow the progress of the upload:

  parse.upload( "filename.ext", system.DocumentsDirectory )
  :progress(function(ok, bytesTrans, bytesEst)
    if ok then
      print( bytesTrans, bytesEst)
    end
  end)
  :response(function( ok, res, info )
    print('all done')
    parse.trace( res )
  end)

parse.download()¶

Download a file.

This is a special method, it is accessed directly from the parse namespace, parse.download( args ). It is not a standard parse.request.

Parameters

• parse_file_uri
• save_as_filename.ext
• baseDirectory (optional, default: system.DocumentsDirectory)

The baseDirectory is the destination directory of the download.

  parse.download( "https://files.parsefss.com/...", "filename.ext" )
  :response()

You can also follow the progress of the download:

  parse.download( "https://files.parsefss.com/...", "filename.ext", system.DocumentsDirectory )
  :progress(function(ok, bytesTrans, bytesEst)
    if ok then
      print( bytesTrans, bytesEst)
    end
  end)
  :response(function( ok, res, info )
    print('all done')
    parse.trace( res )
  end)

Linking files¶

See .linkFileToUser and .linkFileToObject

.delete¶

Delete a File.

• Parse provided file uri.

  parse.request( parse.File.delete, "http://path-to-file" )
  :response(cb)