refactor: Parse Pointer allows to access internal Parse Server classes and circumvent beforeFind query trigger (#8735)

src/Controllers/PushController.js

@@ -58,9 +58,16 @@ export class PushController {
 
       // Force filtering on only valid device tokens
       const updateWhere = applyDeviceTokenExists(where);
-      badgeUpdate = () => {
+      badgeUpdate = async () => {
         // Build a real RestQuery so we can use it in RestWrite
-        const restQuery = new RestQuery(config, master(config), '_Installation', updateWhere);
+        const restQuery = await RestQuery({
+          method: RestQuery.Method.find,
+          config,
+          runBeforeFind: false,
+          auth: master(config),
+          className: '_Installation',
+          restWhere: updateWhere,
+        });
         return restQuery.buildRestWhere().then(() => {
           const write = new RestWrite(
             config,

src/Controllers/UserController.js

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class UserController extends AdaptableController {
     return true;
   }
 
-  verifyEmail(username, token) {
+  async verifyEmail(username, token) {
     if (!this.shouldVerifyEmails) {
       // Trying to verify email when not enabled
       // TODO: Better error here.
@@ -83,8 +83,14 @@ export class UserController extends AdaptableController {
       updateFields._email_verify_token_expires_at = { __op: 'Delete' };
     }
     const maintenanceAuth = Auth.maintenance(this.config);
-    var findUserForEmailVerification = new RestQuery(this.config, maintenanceAuth, '_User', {
-      username,
+    var findUserForEmailVerification = await RestQuery({
+      method: RestQuery.Method.get,
+      config: this.config,
+      auth: maintenanceAuth,
+      className: '_User',
+      restWhere: {
+        username,
+      },
     });
     return findUserForEmailVerification.execute().then(result => {
       if (result.results.length && result.results[0].emailVerified) {
@@ -123,7 +129,7 @@ export class UserController extends AdaptableController {
       });
   }
 
-  getUserIfNeeded(user) {
+  async getUserIfNeeded(user) {
     if (user.username && user.email) {
       return Promise.resolve(user);
     }
@@ -135,7 +141,14 @@ export class UserController extends AdaptableController {
       where.email = user.email;
     }
 
-    var query = new RestQuery(this.config, Auth.master(this.config), '_User', where);
+    var query = await RestQuery({
+      method: RestQuery.Method.get,
+      config: this.config,
+      runBeforeFind: false,
+      auth: Auth.master(this.config),
+      className: '_User',
+      restWhere: where,
+    });
     return query.execute().then(function (result) {
       if (result.results.length != 1) {
         throw undefined;