ParseKit allows to use Anypic and Anywall (iOS apps by parse.com/anypic parse.com/anywall) self-hosted replacing the Parse.com framework with DataKit (open source) framework. ParseKit was developed to test DataKit, currently ParseKit is still inefficient but useful at least to evaluate the use of DataKit. ParseKit is currently under development, the goal is to create a framework for use Anypic and Anywall in a production environment, any help is welcome.

Thanks to Erik for your great work with DataKit and thanks to Parse.com team for Anypic and Anywall.

Author: Denis Berton @DenisBerton

To use Anypic or Anywall self-hosted with ParseKit you need to follow the following steps:

-download Anypic/Anywall repository

-remove Parse framework from Anypic/Anywall

-add DataKit project modified for ParseKit (DataKit.xcodeproj) on framework group in Anypic/Anywall

-add Facebook framework with DeprecatedHeaders folder on framework group in Anypic/Anywall

-copy ParseKit folder in Anypic/Anywall External folder and add folder on External group in Anypic/Anywall project

-add "-all_load" in "Other Linker Flags" for Anypic/Anywall target

-add "-DANYPIC" for Anypic or "-DANYWALL" for Anywall in "Other C Flags"

-add libDataKit.a in "Link Binary With Libraries" section for Anypic/Anywall target

-add "-fno-objc-arc" for SCFacebook.m in "Compile Sources" section for Anypic/Anywall target

-replace all occurrences of #import <Parse/Parse.h> of Parse framework as #import "Parse.h"

-for Anypic only, rename protocol PF_FBRequestDelegate in AppDelegate.h as FBRequestDelegate

-follow the instruction in DataKit to create your backend server (localhost or for example on Amazon with an ec2 bitnami node.js image connected to mongohq service)

-configure ParseKit for Anypic/Anywall in AppDelegate.m with your self-hosted server parameters and facebook app id

//(Parse is a wrapper for DKManager class in DataKit, see DataKit instruction)
[Parse setApplicationId:@"http://localhost:3000" clientKey:@"66e5977931c7e48aa89c9da0ae5d3ffdff7f1a58e6819cbea062dda1fa050296"];    
//(For testing purpose use Hackbook app id to login with facebook)
[PFFacebookUtils initializeWithApplicationId:@"210849718975311"];
//(Fill the URL scheme in Info.plist with your fbFACEBOOK_APP_ID or with the Hackbook app id fb210849718975311 and the bundle identifier as com.facebook.samples.Hackbook)

-for Anywall only, a "2d" spatial index must be created on the key location on Posts collection in mongodb

See FAQ page for common errors and resolution.

TODO:

-Integrate deployd.com as backend for ParseKit

-Add js API for Anypic-web site

-Add ACL (currently not implemented in DataKit)

-Option to store/load images on Amazon S3 bucket

-Add push notifications and async messaging (currently not implemented in DataKit)

-Develop an efficient way to implement Parse.com orQueryWithSubqueries