In addition to the built-in events triggered by the API calls, Backendless supports custom, developer-defined events. Custom business logic code, which is executed on the server-side, can be attached to either built-in events or the developer-defined ones. Custom events can be triggered through a specialized API call from a client library or by other custom…

There are a lot of scenarios when custom business logic on the server-side may need to connect to an external host. Whether it is a service call to a third-party service or a retrieving data from a proprietary system, the code must establish a connection to an external host. Up until now if you tried…

Scheduled tasks or background jobs is a common requirement for a lot of applications. Backendless supports this concept through a feature we call Timers. A timer is a form of custom server-side code which runs on a pre-defined schedule. This video demonstrates the process of developing a timer, testing it in the debug mode and…

As an mBaaS platform we frequently say “no server-side coding is required”. This is true for a lot of apps, however, at times it is necessary to shift some application logic to the server-side. The logic may need to alter or extend the default implementation of the core services. Adding custom business logic is not…

The goal of this post is to let you quickly become familiar with Backendless custom business logic feature. At the end of the instructions provided below, you will have a Backendless application with a custom API event handler published into production – that is running on our servers. Using Code Generator Login to Backendless console…