Google App Engine PHP + Parse.com + Rest

The Google App Engine has no cURL support, which means that all REST calls need to be executed using file_get_contents.

As Parse REST calls need to be secure, you need to make sure that you send the request with a proper SSL context.

Short example of adding data using the Parse REST API from a Google App Engine application:

$data = array('data1' => 1113,

              'data2' => 'Alex',

              'data3' => false);


$context =

    array(

        "ssl"=>array(

            "allow_self_signed"=>true,

            "verify_peer"=>false,

        ),

        'http'=>

        array(

            "method" => "post",

            "header" => "X-Parse-Application-Id: YourAppID\r\n" .

                "X-Parse-REST-API-Key: YourRESTID\r\n" .

                "Content-Type: application/json\r\n",

                "content" => json_encode($data)

 
        )

 
    );


$context = stream_context_create($context);


$result = file_get_contents("https://api.parse.com/1/classes/yourClass", false, $context);