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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const readline = require('readline');
+const path = require('path');
+const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+// Color constants
+const GREEN='\x1b[0;32m'
+const RESET='\x1b[0m'
+const BOLD='\x1b[1m'
+const CHECK=`${GREEN}✓${RESET}`
+
+console.log('\
+\n\
+             `.-://////:-..`            \n\
+         `:/oooooooooooooooo+:.`        \n\
+      `:+oooooooooooooooooooooo+/`      \n\
+     :+ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo/.    \n\
+   .+oooooooooooooo/:.....-:+ooooooo-   \n\
+  .+ooooooooooooo/` .:///:-` -+oooooo:  \n\
+ `+ooooooooooooo: `/ooooooo+- `ooooooo- \n\
+ :oooooooooooooo  :ooooooooo+` /oooooo+ \n\
+ +ooooooooooooo/  +ooooooooo+  /ooooooo.\n\
+ oooooooooooooo+  ooooooooo`  .oooooooo.\n\
+ +ooooooooooo+/: `ooooooo`  .:ooooooooo.\n\
+ :ooooooo+.`````````````  /+oooooooooo+ \n\
+ `+oooooo- `ooo+ /oooooooooooooooooooo- \n\
+  .+ooooo/  :/:` -ooooooooooooooooooo:  \n\
+   .+ooooo+:-..-/ooooooooooooooooooo-   \n\
+     :+ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo/.    \n\
+      `:+oooooooooooooooooooooo+/`      \n\
+         `:/oooooooooooooooo+:.`        \n\
+             `.-://////:-..`            \n\
+\n\
+            parse-dashboard\
+\n');
+
+const rl = readline.createInterface({
+  input: process.stdin,
+  output: process.stdout,
+  terminal: false
+});
+rl.pause();
+
+const waitForLine = function() {
+  rl.resume();
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    rl.on('line', function (cmd) {
+      rl.pause();
+      rl.removeAllListeners();
+      resolve(cmd);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+const optionsFromArgs = function() {
+  let args = process.argv.slice(2, process.argv.length);
+  const validOptions = ['appName', 'appId', 'masterKey', 'serverURL', 'config'];
+  const options = {};
+  while(args.length) {
+    let val = args.shift();
+    if (val.indexOf('--') == 0) {
+      let key = val.slice(2, val.length);
+      if (validOptions.indexOf(key) < 0) {
+        return Promise.reject('Unknown option: '+key);
+      }
+      let value = args.shift();
+      options[key] = value;
+    }
+  }
+  return Promise.resolve(options);
+}
+
+const getInstallationDirectory = function() {
+  console.log('Enter an installation directory');
+  process.stdout.write(`(${process.cwd()}) : `);
+  return waitForLine().then((res) => {
+    if (!res) {
+      return process.cwd();
+    }
+    return res;
+  });
+}
+
+const getKey = function(keyName, result) {
+  process.stdout.write(keyName + ': ');
+  return waitForLine().then((res) => {
+    result[keyName] = res;
+    return result;
+  });
+}
+
+const getManualConfiguration = function(config = {}) {
+  let promise = Promise.resolve();
+  ['appName', 'appId', 'masterKey', 'serverURL'].forEach((key) => {
+    if (!config[key]) {
+      promise = promise.then(() => getKey(key, config));
+    }
+  });
+  return promise.then(() => config);
+}
+
+const getEnvironmentConfiguration = function() {
+  const appId = process.env.PARSE_SERVER_APPLICATION_ID;
+  const masterKey = process.env.PARSE_SERVER_MASTER_KEY;
+  const serverURL = process.env.PARSE_SERVER_URL;
+  return {
+    appId,
+    masterKey,
+    serverURL
+  }
+}
+
+const getConfiguration = function(withPrint = true) {
+  return optionsFromArgs().then((config) => {
+    if (config.config) {
+      return readParseServerConfig(config.config);
+    }
+    if (withPrint) {
+      process.stdout.write('Configure the dashboard from: \n');
+      process.stdout.write('1. parse-server\'s config\n');
+      process.stdout.write('2. environment variables\n');
+      process.stdout.write('3. manually\n');
+      process.stdout.write('Make a selection: ');
+    }
+    return waitForLine().then((res) => {
+      switch (res) {
+        case '1': return getParseServerConfig();
+        case '2': return getEnvironmentConfiguration();
+        case '3': return getManualConfiguration();
+        default: 
+          console.error('Invalid choice (valid choice is 1, 2 or 3)\n');
+          return getConfiguration(false);
+      }
+    })
+      .then((config) => {
+        if (!config.appId || !config.masterKey || !config.serverURL) {
+          console.error('Some options are missing');
+          return getManualConfiguration(config);
+        }
+        return config;
+      })
+      .catch(() => getConfiguration())
+  })
+}
+
+const readParseServerConfig =  function(file) {
+  try {
+    let { appId,
+      masterKey,
+      serverURL,
+      publicServerURL,
+      mountPath, 
+      port,
+      appName } = require(path.resolve(process.cwd(), file));
+    if (publicServerURL) {
+      serverURL = publicServerURL;
+    } else if (!serverURL) {
+      const defaultPort = 1337;
+      const defaultMountPath = 'parse';
+      if (!mountPath) {
+        mountPath = defaultMountPath;
+      }
+      if (!port) {
+        port = defaultPort;
+      }
+      serverURL = `http://localhost:${port}/${mountPath}`;
+    }
+    return { appId, masterKey, serverURL, appName };
+  } catch(e) {
+    console.error(e);
+    console.error('Unable to load ', file);
+    throw e;
+  }
+}
+
+const getParseServerConfig = function() {
+  process.stdout.write('Enter the path to parse-server\'s config file: ');
+  return waitForLine()
+    .then(readParseServerConfig);
+}
+
+const installParseDashboard = function(directory) {
+  execSync(`mkdir -p ${directory}`); // Make the target directory
+  console.log(`${CHECK} Created ${BOLD}${directory}${RESET}`);
+  const defaultPackage = {
+    "private": true,
+    "scripts": {
+      "start": "parse-dashboard --config config.json"
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+      "parse-dashboard": "^1.0.0"
+    },
+    "repository": "",
+    "licence": ""
+  }
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(directory, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify(defaultPackage, null, 2));
+  console.log(`${CHECK} Written ${BOLD}package.json${RESET}`);
+  execSync(`npm i`, {cwd: directory, stdio: 'inherit'});
+  console.log(`${CHECK} Installed ${BOLD}parse-dashboard${RESET}`);
+  return directory;
+}
+
+const writeConfiguration = function(directory, configuration) {
+  const config = {
+    apps: [configuration],
+  }
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(directory, 'config.json'), JSON.stringify(config, null, 2));
+  console.log(`${CHECK} Written ${BOLD}config.json${RESET}`);
+}
+
+let installationDirectory;
+
+const setInstallationDirectory = function(dir) {
+  installationDirectory = dir;
+  return dir;
+};
+
+Promise.resolve()
+  .then(getInstallationDirectory)
+  .then(setInstallationDirectory)
+  .then(installParseDashboard)
+  .then(getConfiguration)
+  .then((config) => writeConfiguration(installationDirectory, config))
+  .then(() => {
+    console.log(`${CHECK} Installation successful!`);
+    console.log(`run: '${BOLD}npm start${RESET}' to start the dashboard`);
+  })
+  .catch((err) => {
+    console.error('ERR: There was an issue', err);
+  });
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