Retrieving parse.com data in Swift - swift

I've been able to save successfully to Parse via Swift, but am having trouble retrieving data (and all of the tutorials on retrieving seem to be for Obj-C).
Here's my code (with Id's redacted).
Parse.setApplicationId("XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", clientKey: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
var query = PFQuery(className: "EventObject")
query.getObjectInBackgroundWithId(objectId: String!) {
(event: PFObject!, error: NSError!) -> Void in
if error == nil {
println(event)
} else {
println(error)
}
}
I have 4 records in this class right now, but if I want to pull the data for all of them, how do I get the Object using the ID if I'm not sure what the IDs are? I'm assuming I can access them sequentially as an array, but I'm not quite clear how to do that, and am confused, as the only command I know to retrieve appears to require knowing the ID.
Thanks for any help!

The official parse documentation explains how to make queries - there is sample code in swift.
In your case you have to use findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock:
var query = PFQuery(className:"EventObject")
query.findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock { (objects: [AnyObject]!, error: NSError!) -> Void in
if error == nil {
for object in objects {
// Do something
}
} else {
println(error)
}
}
which, if successful, provides to the closure an array of objects matching the query - since there's no filter set in the query, it just returns all records.

Swift 2.1 Update
func fetchFromParse() {
let query = PFQuery(className:"Your_Class_Name")
query.findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock { (objects, error) -> Void in
if error == nil {
for object in objects! {
// Do something
}
} else {
print(error)
}
}
}

Here is the code for fetch objects in Swift3.0.
let query = PFQuery(className: "Your_Class_Name")
query.findObjectsInBackground { (objects, error) in
if error == nil {
}
else {
}
}

Retrive Data from parse: swift 3
let adventureObject = PFQuery(className: "ClassName")
adventureObject.addAscendingOrder("objectId")
var objectID: String = String()
adventureObject.findObjectsInBackground(block: { (Success, error) in
})

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I solved this using a DispatchGroup and completion handler. Here's the code in case someone is interested. If there are alternate (better) ways of doing this I'd love to hear them. I'm a c# guy just getting into Swift.
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func setExpenses(){
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guard let snapshot = snapshot else { return }
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objects.append(object)
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}
}
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parse object not found iOS 10

After updating to iOS 10 I would always get this object not found error whenever I try to update a PFObject on the parse heroku server. I have been researching and have tried out what many people have suggested turning on keychain sharing on capabilities. But, still no sign of working.
Some codes I'm using:
let publishQuery = PFQuery(className: "allPosts")
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self.myTableView.reloadData()
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This is the error I'm getting printed in the logs :
2016-10-22 19:10:39.740 Pufff[609:9898] [Error]: Object not found. (Code: 101, Version: 1.13.0)
Optional(Error Domain=Parse Code=101 "Object not found." UserInfo={code=101,
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How to get objectId immediately after save data with Parse and swift

var cardObject = PFObject(className: "YourCard")
cardObject["cardNumber"] = cardNumber
cardObject["balance"] = balance
cardObject["expire"] = date
cardObject["validFlg"] = cardStatus
cardObject.saveInBackgroundWithBlock {
(success: Bool!, error: NSError!) -> Void in
if (success != nil) {
NSLog("Object created with id: \(cardObject.objectId)")
} else {
NSLog("%#", error)
}
}
dbId = cardObject.objectId
I couldn't get objectId, how can I get it?
Thank you very much in advance.
As the name of your function already says, it is a function which is called asynchron. That means that the main thread doesn't wait for the function to finish. So you will get an (still) empty objectId.
To get your objectID after saveInBackground is finished, you have to put your line where you get the ID into the if-clause.
var cardObject = PFObject(className: "YourCard")
cardObject["cardNumber"] = cardNumber
cardObject["balance"] = balance
cardObject["expire"] = date
cardObject["validFlg"] = cardStatus
cardObject.saveInBackgroundWithBlock {
(success: Bool!, error: NSError!) -> Void in
if (success != nil) {
NSLog("Object created with id: \(cardObject.objectId)")
//Gets called if save was done properly
dbId = cardObject.objectId
} else {
NSLog("%#", error)
}
}
Another option would be to call save() in the main thread. That way the function finishes before you call the objectId. Parse doesn't recommend that, but it's a possibility:
cardObject.save()
dbId = cardObject.objectId