#6101 Let users define objectId (#6177)

* #6101 Let users define objectId

* Add `allowCustomObjectId` to PS Option

* Add checking in objectId creation

* Add test

* Update docs

* Update definition

* Change default to false

* throw on empty, null, undefined

* better tests

* unused async

* removed comment

* retain comment

* Linting fix according to contributing spec.

src/Options/Definitions.js

@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ module.exports.ParseServerOptions = {
     action: parsers.booleanParser,
     default: true,
   },
+  allowCustomObjectId: {
+    env: 'PARSE_SERVER_ALLOW_CUSTOM_OBJECT_ID',
+    help: 'Enable (or disable) custom objectId, defaults to false',
+    action: parsers.booleanParser,
+    default: false,
+  },
   allowHeaders: {
     env: 'PARSE_SERVER_ALLOW_HEADERS',
     help: 'Add headers to Access-Control-Allow-Headers',

src/Options/docs.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * @interface ParseServerOptions
  * @property {Any} accountLockout account lockout policy for failed login attempts
  * @property {Boolean} allowClientClassCreation Enable (or disable) client class creation, defaults to true
+ * @property {Boolean} allowCustomObjectId Enable (or disable) custom objectId, defaults to false
  * @property {String[]} allowHeaders Add headers to Access-Control-Allow-Headers
  * @property {Adapter<AnalyticsAdapter>} analyticsAdapter Adapter module for the analytics
  * @property {String} appId Your Parse Application ID

src/Options/index.js

@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ export interface ParseServerOptions {
   :ENV: PARSE_SERVER_ALLOW_CLIENT_CLASS_CREATION
   :DEFAULT: true */
   allowClientClassCreation: ?boolean;
+  /* Enable (or disable) custom objectId
+  :ENV: PARSE_SERVER_ALLOW_CUSTOM_OBJECT_ID
+  :DEFAULT: false */
+  allowCustomObjectId: ?boolean;
   /* Configuration for your authentication providers, as stringified JSON. See http://docs.parseplatform.org/parse-server/guide/#oauth-and-3rd-party-authentication
   :ENV: PARSE_SERVER_AUTH_PROVIDERS */
   auth: ?any;