How do I send a notification from Parse to a Java application

Question

Does anybody who has experience with Parse.com servers know if a notification can be sent to a java application?

I want to be able to send data from the iphone to the computer, and I am using the REST API in java for the computer side of the application. The problem is, the program does not know exactly when data will be sent. Now, I know that I could send a query to Parse every second checking if there is any new data, but this would rack up a lot of API requests. Is there some way I could have Parse notify my java application when new data is available?

Answer 1

Parse JavaScript apps can't receive push notifications ( see ).

In the past, I've been having the need to notify a JavaScript app. What I've implemented before is having the JS app checking on the server if new data is available every X amount of time. It's true that, for popular or demanding apps, this can build stack up a lot of API requests. However, my development team and I decided that, well, having 1 million API requests/mo (on the free tier), its not really that much.

Also, you could always take a look at Background Jobs , recently announced by Parse, to see if you can do something with them.