Schedule a background job via cloud code

gistfile1.txt

/**
 * Parse Background Jobs via Rest API Scheduler Cloud Module
 * @name Ryan Hickman
 *
 * Cloud Module for scheduling parse background jobs via rest api as a message queue
 *
 * To use this Cloud Module in Cloud Code, start by requiring
 * the <code>mailgun</code> module and initializing it using your
 * Mailgun domain name and api key.
 *
 * <pre>var BG = require('cloud/parseBGJobs-v1-1.0.js');
 * BG.initialize('','');
 * </pre>
 *
 */



(function() {

  var _apiUrl = 'https://api.parse.com/1/jobs/';
  var _appID = '';
  var _masterKey = '';

  function wrappedHttpRequest(url, params, authenticateRequest) {
    authenticateRequest = authenticateRequest || false;
   
     
    return Parse.Cloud.httpRequest({
        url: url,
        params: params,
        method: 'POST',
         body: {
            request: params,
      
        },
        headers:{
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'X-Parse-Application-Id': _appID,
        'X-Parse-Master-Key': _masterKey
        },
        success: function(httpResponse) {
            console.log(httpResponse.text);
        },
        error: function(httpResponse) {
            console.log('Request failed with response code ' + httpResponse.status);
        }
       
      });
  }

  module.exports = {

    initialize: function(appID, masterKey) {
      _appID = appID;
      _masterKey = masterKey;
      
    },

   
    scheduleJob: function(params) {
      return wrappedHttpRequest(_apiUrl + params.job, params);
    },

  }
})();