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+#!/bin/sh
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+BOLD='\033[1m'
+CHECK="${GREEN}\xE2\x9C\x93${NC}"
+DEFAULT_MONGODB_URI='mongodb://localhost:127.0.0.1:27017/parse'
+
+confirm() {
+  DEFAULT=$1;
+  shift
+  printf "$@"
+  read -r YN
+  if [ "$YN" = "" ] && [ "$DEFAULT" = 'N' ]; then
+    exit 1
+  elif [ "$YN" != "" ] && [ "$YN" != "y" ] && [ "$YN" != "Y" ]; then
+    echo 'Bye Bye!'
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+genstring() {
+  local l=$1
+  [ "$l" == "" ] && l=40
+  LC_ALL=C tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c ${l}
+}
+
+check_node() {
+  node=`which node 2>&1`
+  ret=$?
+
+  if [ $ret -eq 0 ] && [ -x "$node" ]; then
+    echo "${CHECK} node:" $(node -v)
+    (exit 0)
+  else
+    echo "parse-server cannot be installed without Node.js." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+check_npm() {
+  npm=`which npm 2>&1`
+  ret=$?
+
+  if [ $ret -eq 0 ] && [ -x "$npm" ]; then
+    echo "${CHECK} npm:" $(npm -v)
+    (exit 0)
+  else
+    echo "parse-server cannot be installed without npm." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+
+echo ''
+echo 'This will setup parse-server in the current directory'
+confirm 'Y' 'Do you want to continue? (Y/n): '
+
+check_node
+check_npm
+
+echo "Setting up parse-server in $PWD"
+
+if [ -f './package.json' ]; then
+  echo "\n${RED}package.json exists${NC}"
+  confirm 'N' "Do you want to continue? \n${RED}this will erase your configuration${NC} (y/N): "
+fi
+
+
+if [ -f 'config.json' ]; then
+  echo "\n${RED}config.json exists${NC}"
+  confirm 'N' "Do you want to continue? \n${RED}this will erase your configuration${NC} (y/N): "
+fi
+
+APP_NAME=''
+i=0
+while [ "$APP_NAME" = "" ]
+do
+  [[ $i != 0 ]] && printf "${RED}An application name is required!${NC}\n"
+  printf 'Enter your Application Name: '
+  read -r APP_NAME
+  i=$(($i+1))
+done
+
+printf 'Enter your appId (leave empty to generate): '
+read -r APP_ID
+
+[[ $APP_ID = '' ]] && APP_ID=$(genstring) && printf "\n$APP_ID\n\n"
+
+printf 'Enter your masterKey (leave empty to generate): '
+read -r MASTER_KEY
+
+[[ $MASTER_KEY = '' ]] && MASTER_KEY=$(genstring) && printf "\n$MASTER_KEY\n\n"
+
+printf "Enter your mongodbURI (%s): " $DEFAULT_MONGODB_URI
+read -r MONGODB_URI
+
+[[ $MONGODB_URI = '' ]] && MONGODB_URI="$DEFAULT_MONGODB_URI"
+
+cat > ./config.json << EOF
+{
+  "appId": "$APP_ID",
+  "masterKey": "$MASTER_KEY",
+  "appName": "$APP_NAME",
+  "cloud": "./cloud/main",
+  "mongodbURI": "$MONGODB_URI"
+}
+EOF
+echo "${CHECK} Created config.json"
+
+# Make a proper npm app name
+NPM_APP_NAME=$(echo "$APP_NAME" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr ' ' '-')
+cat > ./package.json << EOF
+{
+  "name": "$NPM_APP_NAME",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "parse-server ./config.json"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "parse-server": "^2.0.0"
+  }
+}
+EOF
+echo "${CHECK} Created package.json"
+
+if [ -d "./cloud/" ]; then
+  echo "${CHECK} cloud/ exists"
+else
+  mkdir -p ./cloud
+  echo "${CHECK} Created cloud/"
+fi
+
+if [ -e "./cloud/main.js" ]; then
+  echo "${CHECK} cloud/main.js exists"
+else
+  echo "${CHECK} Created cloud/main.js"
+  cat > ./cloud/main.js << EOF
+// Cloud Code entry point
+
+EOF
+fi
+
+if [ -d "./public/" ]; then
+  echo "${CHECK} public/ exists"
+else
+  mkdir -p ./public
+  echo "${CHECK} Created public/"
+fi
+
+echo "\n${CHECK} running npm install\n"
+
+npm install
+
+CURL_CMD=$(cat << EOF
+curl -X POST -H 'X-Parse-Application-Id: ${APP_ID}' \\
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\
+  -d '{"foo":"bar"}' http://localhost:1337/parse/classes/TestObject
+EOF)
+
+echo "\n${CHECK} Happy Parsing!\n\n"
+echo "${CHECK} Make sure you have ${BOLD}mongo${NC} listening on ${BOLD}${MONGODB_URI}${NC}"
+echo "${CHECK} start parse-server by running ${BOLD}npm start${NC}"
+echo "${CHECK} Test your setup with:\n\n${CURL_CMD}\n"