How to structure your Parse data model for a classic Post and Comment model? (using iOS, Swift, Parse)

Question

Working on a blog-like iPhone app using Swift (with a Storyboard) and Parse and have been struggling for several weeks now in developing a comment/reply system similar to the Facebook iOS app and other social network apps.

Is my current Parse data model structure set up appropriately to have this type of functionality where users can create posts and comment/reply on posts? (ie: not sure how many classes/tables to create, if I have the right columns, if I'm using the correct data types, etc). My goal is to set it up so that there is a relationship between a Post and its comments/replies (also who authored the post, comment, etc).

Currently in Parse, I have the following three tables in the Parse data browser:

User table (given by Parse):

Post table

Reply table

Please forgive any complexity...if something is not clear, please ask!

Thank you for your time! I greatly appreciate any help!

What is the real question? I see "I am not sure how to" then 2 paragraphs. — Kevin Le - Khnle, Nov 15 '15 at 17:35
@Khnle-Kevin , thanks for the feedback. I have just revised my question to hopefully make it clearer. — dnadri, Nov 16 '15 at 16:49

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '15 at 18:16

If you want to display the users post on your Reply page try this code below:

  print(replyPost)
print(replyPost?.objectForKey("message"))
self.userMessage!.text = replyPost?.objectForKey("postMessage") as? String ?? "nil"
print(replyPost?.objectForKey("userName"))
 self.userName!.text = replyPost?.objectForKey("postUser") as? String ?? "nil"

How to structure your Parse data model for a classic Post and Comment model? (using iOS, Swift, Parse)

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