Unable to update Parse User field

[Treverr]

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Issue Description

When attempting to retrieve a user to update, I cannot update my admin field. My javascript code stops after calling the user but it will not allow me to update fields. I have attempted using the master key and I am still unable to actually load the user.

Steps to reproduce

`Parse.Cloud.define("modifyAdminStatus", function(request, response) {

var userQuery = new Parse.Query(Parse.User);
var isAdmin = request.params.adminStatus
userQuery.equalTo("username", request.params.username);
userQuery.find({ useMasterKey: true,
	success: function(user) {
		console.log(user.length);
		console.log("Got User")
		console.log(user);
		user.set("isAdmin", isAdmin);
		console.log("Set Status");
		user.save(null, {useMasterKey: true,
			success: function(user) {
				response.success();
			},
			error: function(error) {
				response.error(error.message);
			}
		});
	},
	error: function(error) {
		response.error(error.message);
	}
});

});`

The output I get in console is:

1 Got User [ ParseUser { _objCount: 46, className: '_User', id: '2vigcitsl6' } ]

Expected Results

Update and save the user

Actual Outcome

Code is stopped and does not update the user

Environment Setup

• Server

  • parse-server version (Be specific! Don't say 'latest'.) : 2.3.3
  • Operating System: Linux 16.1
  • Hardware: Intel NUC Celeron 4GB Ram 500GB 7200rpm
  • Localhost or remote server? (AWS, Heroku, Azure, Digital Ocean, etc): Local server

• Database

  • MongoDB version: 2.6.11
  • Storage engine:
  • Hardware: Same as above
  • Localhost or remote server? (AWS, mLab, ObjectRocket, Digital Ocean, etc): Local

Logs/Trace

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[natanrolnik]

@Treverr the query's find() method returns an array of objects - in this case, users... you even log to the console how many objects are in that array (1), and you can see that it logs with [] indicating it's an array and not a single object.

You have two options:
1 - declare users or results as the object returned by the query, and access the first result as:
var user = results[0];
2 - simply use the query's first() method, that already gives you a single object.