where i put appid ,masterKey in project and npm start not working....so plz help me

[singh7889]

No description provided.

[christianmarth]

Can you please provide the error message you receive when you run npm start

[singh7889]

DATABASE_URI not specified, falling back to localhost.

[singh7889]

e:/parse-server-master
$ npm start
npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.10240
npm ERR! argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "start"
npm ERR! node v5.5.0
npm ERR! npm v3.3.12

npm ERR! missing script: start
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR! https://github.com/npm/npm/issues

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! G:\parse\parse-server-master\npm-debug.log

[ghost]

You are missing the start script from the package.json file:

"scripts": {
    "start": "node index.js"
 }

Or simply do node index.js without npm.

[singh7889]

hello #Iulianvarzaru sir,
its not working...
i am using parse-server-master not parse-server-example.
when i use parse-server-example then i got error---

DATABASE_URI not specified, falling back to localhost.
parse-server-example running on port 1337.

and in browser--
{"error":"unauthorized"}

so plz help ..

[ghost]

Actually it's working but you have to put your application Id as a header in the request. Try:

curl -X POST \
  -H "X-Parse-Application-Id: myAppId" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"score":1337,"playerName":"Sean Plott","cheatMode":false}' \
  http://localhost:1337/parse/classes/GameScore

[singh7889]

#Iulianvarzaru

DATABASE_URI not specified, falling back to localhost.
parse-server-example running on port 1337.

In browser, if I go to "localhost:1337/parse", it gives me the following error. (localhost:1337 is fine)

{"error":"unauthorized"}

And this is my API setup. I did provide databaseURI but don't know why it is complaining that it is not specified.
var api = new ParseServer({
databaseURI: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/dev',
appId: 'xxx',
masterKey: 'yyy'
});

[singh7889]

curl -X GET
-H "X-Parse-Application-Id: XXX"
-H "X-Parse-Master-Key: YYYY"
http://localhost:1337/parse/classes/_User

we got error :---

% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0cu rl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 1337: Connection refused

[ghost]

Failed to connect to localhost port 1337: Connection refused, is mongodb running on your server ?

[singh7889]

Yes , I got data in cmd but in browser i got error--
url:-http://localhost:1337/parse/
display- {"error":"unauthorized"}

[ghost]

{"error":"unauthorized"} is thrown only when you don't provide the header keys inside your request. If you didn't setup any other keys like restApiKey or javascriptkey you just need to include your application id in the header. Maybe post here your server file so I can look into it.

[vineetbindal]

I am getting this error too "DATABASE_URI not specified, falling back to localhost". Where do I put the damn URI. Can anyone help please?

[ghost]

This is not an error, it just says that there is no environment variable DATABASE_URI and that it's using the url from the server file.

[vineetbindal]

I Understand. But where do I put that variable. I tried in app.json. index.js and scalingo.json. none worked.

index.js have this

var api = new ParseServer({
//databaseURI: databaseUri || 'mongodb://localhost:27017/dev',
databaseURI: databaseUri || 'mongodb://userName:Password@ds059165.mongolab.com:59165/parse_appDatabase',
cloud: process.env.CLOUD_CODE_MAIN || __dirname + '/cloud/main.js',
appId: process.env.APP_ID || 'myAppKey',
masterKey: process.env.MASTER_KEY || 'myMasterKey' //Add your master key here. Keep it secret!
});

[singh7889]

#vineetbindal
You put aapId and masterKey in index.js file and open terminal and run npm start then u got

DATABASE_URI not specified, falling back to localhost.
parse-server-example running on port 1337.

then open new terminal and write
curl -X GET
-H "X-Parse-Application-Id: XXXXXXXXXXXXRyem"
-H "X-Parse-Master-Key: XXXXXXXXXXXXXBWA"
http://localhost:1337/parse/classes/Game

then u got data for Game

[vineetbindal]

@singh7889 . I understand that. The question is how do I fix "DATABASE_URI not specified, falling back to localhost." where do I specify "DATABASE_URI" so that it wont fall back to localhost and point to my remote DB.

I know where to put application-id and master-key. Its documented pretty well. But nowhere it has been mentioned that where to put DATABASE_URI.

[vineetbindal]

Aanyone knows where can i define these values :
process.env.DATABASE_URI || process.env.MONGOLAB_URI;

[drew-gross]

You put them in databaseURI in the place where you initialize the parse-server

// Specify the connection string for your mongodb database
// and the location to your Parse cloud code
var api = new ParseServer({
  databaseURI: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/dev',
  cloud: '/home/myApp/cloud/main.js', // Provide an absolute path
  appId: 'myAppId',
  masterKey: '', //Add your master key here. Keep it secret!
  fileKey: 'optionalFileKey',
  serverURL: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/parse' // Don't forget to change to https if needed
});

[vineetbindal]

I have updated this info and updated node.js too and getting this
DATABASE_URI not specified, falling back to localhost.
events.js:141
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^

Error: listen EADDRINUSE :::1337
at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:870:11)
at exports._exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:893:20)
at Server._listen2 (net.js:1236:14)
at listen (net.js:1272:10)
at Server.listen (net.js:1368:5)
at Function.app.listen (/Users/Documents/workspaceParse/parse-server-example/node_modules/express/lib/application.js:532:24)
at Object. (/Users/Documents/workspaceParse/parse-server-example/index.js:36:5)
at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
npm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v4.3.1
npm ERR! npm v2.14.12
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! parse-server-example@1.1.0 start: node index.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the parse-server-example@1.1.0 start script 'node index.js'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the parse-server-example package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node index.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls parse-server-example
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

[drew-gross]

That error is because you already have the parse server running on that port. You can't run two servers on the same port. Shut down your existing server, or pick another port.

[anushajp]

@iulianvarzaru

I agree with your point.
I did not provide the header keys inside request. I don't know where to put these keys and where is header to include the app_id. Could you please help me on this?

[sidan5]

Have same issue with the error but found out that it is connected to the remote DB server...

[sanjibnarzary]

To start the parse server use the following command in cmd/terminal

parse-server --appId myGreatAppId --masterKey mygreatmasterkey --databaseURI mongodb://localhost/mydb

For the one who has DATABASE_URI not found error---
This may be a late reply but you can resolve it by setting environment variable. In windows set the DATABASE_URI
C:\>set DATABASE_URI=mongodb://localhost:port/yourdb
C:\>npm start

In linux also you can set the environment variable as following

$DATABASE_URI=mongodb://localhost:port/yourdb
$export DATABASE_URI
$npm start

The same environment variables are available in app.yaml file in the root directory.