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Example of importing data with cloud functions. See a live example at https://www.back4app.com/database/davimacedo/parse-import-example
curl -X POST \
-H "X-Parse-Application-Id: LL9oIdzIkmwl5xyowQQu0fTmXyUWfet9RuAzwHfj" \
-H "X-Parse-REST-API-Key: R3S8PYQKuzeV4c8MUeO5ved46C50MEp56boDHW1O" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d @data.json \
https://parseapi.back4app.com/functions/import
{
"className": "ExampleClass",
"rows": [
{ "ExampleColumnA": "row1columnA", "ExampleColumnB": "row1columnB" },
{ "ExampleColumnA": "row2columnA", "ExampleColumnB": "row2columnB"}
]
}
Parse.Cloud.define('import', async request => {
const className = request.params.className;
const rows = request.params.rows;
const MyClass = Parse.Object.extend(className);
var myClassObjects = [];
for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
const myClassObject = new MyClass();
for (const column in rows[i]) {
myClassObject.set(column, rows[i][column]);
}
myClassObjects.push(myClassObject);
}
try {
await Parse.Object.saveAll(myClassObjects);
} catch (e) {
throw new Error(`Import failed: ${e}`);
}
return `Successfully imported ${myClassObjects.length} rows into ${className} class`;
});
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Thanks for the heads up. I've just updated the live example code.

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