Where can I get the sessionToken in a Parse.Function ?

[oallouch]

Hi,
I can't find in the docs the official way to retrieve the sessionToken from a request object.
I personally use request.query.sessionToken, but I see a lot of user.getSessionToken() in the source (it's not in the docs).

Thx,
Olivier

[rihadavid]

Might request.user.getSessionToken() be what you need?
BTW, code level questions should be asked on Stack Overflow using the parse-platform tag, not here 😉

[oallouch]

The issue is really about the missing getSessionToken method in the docs.
https://parseplatform.org/Parse-SDK-JS/api/master/Parse.User.html

[oallouch]

If you tell me where to write this little piece of doc, I can do it. Is it a function comments ? How frequently do you generate the docs ?

[dplewis]

@oallouch Its a function comment in the JS SDK.

Use npm run docs to verify the changes. The files are in the /out folder.

The docs are generate automatically after every PR is submitted

[oallouch]

Great ! I'll give it a shot (for this one and the readPreference thing)

[acinader]

https://parseplatform.org/Parse-SDK-JS/api/master/Parse.Session.html#getSessionToken

that's not what you're looking for? What am I missing?

[oallouch]

It might also work.
The real issue are the docs.
I see 3 solutions :
. request.query.sessionToken : this is what I use, but I don't see any 'query' in https://github.com/parse-community/Parse-SDK-JS/blob/master/src/CloudCode.js , but it's in the source

parse-server/src/triggers.js

Line 205 in 3e003ee

query,

. request.user.getSessionToken() : this is the one I can see in the docs. I missed it because the generated html isn't alphabetically sorted ... and because I'm stupid :)
. through the Session : this one I don't know where to get (except by querying it)

So, from now on, I'll use user.getSessionToken() .
I also think using sessionToken as a query.find parameter should be made more important in the docs. Maybe a 'user' parameter would make it more obvious.

Anyway, thank you (a lot) for your clarifications.
Olivier

[mtrezza]

I'm closing this as it seems to be resolved. Feel free to comment if you have any questions and we can re-open this issue.