I'm getting "code":105,"error":"invalid key name:" when I do a POST in my server!

[ckarmy]

I really need help to implement a fix that solve my problem (similar to #68). I saw that in #105 there is a fix but in my parse-server I don't have any file called classes.js. How can I implement this?

Like @mkpazon say:

The problem seems to be due to JSON handling.
The client sends the following JSON in the body
{"where":"{"status":200,"user":{"__type":"Pointer","className":"_User","objectId":"F2ozm6Hgew"}}","count":"1","_method":"GET"}

but the parse-server returns an error.

Changing the above JSON to the following is successful
{"where": {"status":200,"user":{"__type":"Pointer","className":"_User","objectId":"F2ozm6Hgew"}},"count":"1","_method":"GET"}

[hramos]

What version of parse-server are you running?

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[ckarmy]

@hramos I'm running 2.2.7 and I have all the prerequisites. Also I search many existing issues but I can't resolve this issue.

[ckarmy]

@hramos this is an example of my error:

verbose: POST /parse/classes/watchlist { 'x-real-ip': 'xxxxxxx',
'x-forwarded-for': 'xxxxxx',
'x-nginx-proxy': 'true',
host: 'xxxxxx',
connection: 'close',
'content-length': '297',
'value-type': 'application/json',
'x-parse-application-id': 'xxxxxxxxxxxx',
'user-agent': 'Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 5.1.1; SM-G925I Build/LMY47X)',
'accept-encoding': 'gzip',
'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' } {
"{"user":{"__type":"Pointer","className":"_User","objectId":"LEjy9IlcYB"},"movieId":"10950","MoviePoster":"https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600/gr0jLIUd5Os0RAFH9U5iZMpQ5cw.jpg\",\"MovieFrame\":\"https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600/mTN2pjZKWteb6B7WOGtrMx8FEpu.jpg\",\"MovieName\":\"Yo soy Sam","MovieRelDate":"2001"}": ""
}
verbose: error: code=105, message=invalid key name: {"user":{"__type":"Pointer","className":"_User","objectId":"LEjy9IlcYB"},"movieId":"10950","MoviePoster":"https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600/gr0jLIUd5Os0RAFH9U5iZMpQ5cw.jpg","MovieFrame":"https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600/mTN2pjZKWteb6B7WOGtrMx8FEpu.jpg","MovieName":"Yo soy Sam","MovieRelDate":"2001"}

[drew-gross]

Which version of the android SDK are you using, and what calls are you doing to make this request?

[ckarmy]

@drew-gross I use Fuse to make apps (https://www.fusetools.com). Fuse use this SDK:

• Android SDK platform-tools - 23.0.1
• Android SDK build-tools - 23.0.1
• Android 5.0.1 (API 21) - 2
• Android 4.4.2 (API 19) - 4
• Android Support Library - 23.2.1

And I use C# to make the HTTP request like this (this is converted to Java in the backend):

HttpMessageHandler AddToWatchL = new HttpMessageHandler();
var createRequ = AddToWatchL.CreateRequest("POST","https://xxxxxxx.com/parse/classes/watchlist");
createRequ.SetHeader("Value-type", "application/json");
createRequ.SetHeader("X-Parse-Application-Id","xxxxxxxxxxx");
var PostData = "{"user":{"__type":"Pointer","className":"_User","objectId":"LEjy9IlcYB"},"movieId":"10950","MoviePoster":"https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600/gr0jLIUd5Os0RAFH9U5iZMpQ5cw.jpg\",\"MovieFrame\":\"https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600/mTN2pjZKWteb6B7WOGtrMx8FEpu.jpg\",\"MovieName\":\"Yo soy Sam","MovieRelDate":"2001"}";
createRequ.Done += resAddWatchList;
createRequ.SetTimeout(15000);
createRequ.Error += Error;
createRequ.Timeout += TimeOutM;
createRequ.GetResponseContentString();
createRequ.SetResponseType(HttpResponseType.String);
createRequ.SendAsync(PostData);

[drew-gross]

It looks like you are using the REST API, not the android SDK, and sending an invalid value. Did this work on api.parse.com? Can you try changing your code to submit the value that you said was working?

[hramos]

Don't escape the key names inside your where key when making a request to Parse.

This does not seem to be a Parse Server issue, as the server responds successfully when provided with a proper JSON payload (see original post).

[ckarmy]

@hramos What do you mean by Don't escape the key names inside your where key when making a request to Parse.?

@drew-gross Yes, this work on api.parse.com. I have my app online with the same code and work perfect....

[ckarmy]

Sorry my mistake! I was doing the HTTP request with createRequ.SetHeader("Value-type", "application/json"); and the correct way is createRequ.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");