Push with custom Installation query doesn't reach device

[ullstrm]

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Environment Setup

My package.json (I started the server from this parse-server-example, but I'm hosting it on heroku now):

{
  "name": "parse-server-example",
  "version": "1.3.0",
  "description": "An example Parse API server using the parse-server module",
  "main": "index.js",
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server-example"
  },
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "~4.11.x",
    "kerberos": "~0.0.x",
    "parse": "~1.8.1",
    "parse-server": "~2.2.6",
    "parse-server-simple-mailgun-adapter":"~1.0.0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node index.js"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=4.3"
  }
}

My cloud code:

var pushQuery = new Parse.Query(Parse.Installation, { useMasterKey: true });

  pushQuery.equalTo('userId', 'Y3Vy6tJYpz');

  Parse.Push.send({
    where: { pushQuery },
    data: {
      alert: 'Test push to Y3Vy6tJYpz',
      badge: 0,
      sound: 'default'
    }
  }, { useMasterKey: true })
  .then(function() {
    console.log("pushQ brodie: " + JSON.stringify(pushQuery));
    response.success();
  }, function(error) {
    console.error("PUSH ERROR: " + error);
    response.success();
  });

My _PushStatus document:

{
  "_id": ObjectId("5708d8cc0384d1110020e74a"),
  "objectId": "bOY7nDeYET",
  "pushTime": "2016-04-09T10:26:20.662Z",
  "_created_at": new Date(1460197580662),
  "query": "{\"pushQuery\":{\"where\":{\"userId\":\"Y3Vy6tJYpz\"}}}",
  "payload": {
    "alert": "Test push to Y3Vy6tJYpz",
    "badge": 0,
    "sound": "default"
  },
  "source": "rest",
  "title": null,
  "expiry": null,
  "status": "succeeded",
  "numSent": 0,
  "pushHash": "866b3dc5c93f5a5bc3f33c325ec08f55",
  "_wperm": [

  ],
  "_rperm": [

  ],
  "numFailed": 0
}

Im interested in the part about the query:
"query": "{\"pushQuery\":{\"where\":{\"userId\":\"Y3Vy6tJYpz\"}}}",
When looking trough other issues here I find that the query-string looks more like this (I.e. not the "pushQuery" name existing, see issue #1127):
"query" : "{\"user\":{\"__type\":\"Pointer\",\"className\":\"_User\",\"objectId\":\"sdOD1uHCCa\"}}"
What is this? Am I missing some fundamental thing in node.js, or why is my server behaving this way?

FYI, a full broadcast push works splendid, i.e:

...
Parse.Push.send({
    where: { Parse.Installation },
...

and the _PushStatus for this broadcast looks like this:

{
  "_id": ObjectId("5708dafe0384d1110020e74c"),
  "objectId": "TFdg5DHvv8",
  "pushTime": "2016-04-09T10:35:42.323Z",
  "_created_at": new Date(1460198142323),
  "query": "{}",
  "payload": {
    "alert": "Broadcast test push from app",
    "badge": 0,
    "sound": "default"
  },
  "source": "rest",
  "title": null,
  "expiry": null,
  "status": "succeeded",
  "numSent": 1,
  "pushHash": "93dcdd557c4cb2558713d589261684ce",
  "_wperm": [

  ],
  "_rperm": [

  ],
  "numFailed": 0,
  "sentPerType": {
    "ios": 1
  }
}

I only have one installation object, and it looks like this (And as I said, the broadcast push works):

{
  "_id": "ZiyJKc7l5k",
  "timeZone": "Europe/Stockholm",
  "appVersion": "1",
  "appName": "XXXXXXXX",
  "deviceType": "ios",
  "badge": 1,
  "installationId": "aa23f82a-84b6-4c2c-af58-e82b8cd89407",
  "appIdentifier": "XXXXXXXX",
  "parseVersion": "1.12.0",
  "localeIdentifier": "en-SE",
  "_updated_at": new Date(1460191812187),
  "_created_at": new Date(1460191609057),
  "deviceToken": "09638XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXad9b7382ccf6910",
  "_p_user": "_User$Y3Vy6tJYpz",
  "userId": "Y3Vy6tJYpz"
}

Is this a bug or am I missing something? Thank you for your help. I hope that this issue is well formed, and I hope that I'm not just missing something obvious. I'm new to node.js.

---

Also, the verbose log output:
2016-04-09T11:01:28.455088+00:00 app[web.1]: verbose: sending push to 0 installations
2016-04-09T11:01:28.455777+00:00 app[web.1]: verbose: sent push! 0 success, 0 failures

And for the broadcast:
2016-04-09T10:59:55.870824+00:00 app[web.1]: verbose: sending push to 1 installations
2016-04-09T10:59:56.715648+00:00 app[web.1]: verbose: sent push! 1 success, 0 failures

[ullstrm]

As I was suspecting, my lack of node.js skills was what caused this problem.

It should not be:
where: { pushQuery },
but:
where: pushQuery,

I guess we can close this issue 😭

[otymartin]

Ohhhhhh😵😵😵😩😩😪😪 I had lost a month and even gave up on parse push notifications

Thanks @spoek