Key Concepts
brainCloud has APIs for ~50 services. This section provides a quick overview of important concepts - but certainly does not cover everything!
For the full details on each service (see list below), refer to the API Reference.
- App Store
- Async Match
- Authentication
- Blockchain
- Chat
- Client
- Custom Entity
- Data Stream
- Entity
- Event
- File
- Friend
- Gamification - includes XP, Achievements, Milestones, & Quests
- Global App
- Global Entity
- Global File
- Global Statistics
- Group
- Group File
- Identity
- Item Catalog
- Leaderboard
- Lobby
- Matchmaking
- Messaging
- One-Way Match
- Playback Stream
- Player State
- Player Statistics
- Player Statistics Event
- Presence
- Product
- Product Management
- Profanity
- Promotions
- Push Notifications
- Redemption Code
- Relay
- RTT
- S3 Handling
- Script
- Segment
- Time
- Tournament
- User
- User Items
- Virtual Currency
🗃️ Authentication
4 items
📄️ Cloud Code
brainCloud allows developers to write custom Cloud Code routines in JavaScript, that reside and run on the brainCloud servers, allowing execution of code more securely and efficiently than if it were run client-side.
📄️ Cloud Data
brainCloud provides a very flexible set of APIs for storing and retrieving the data for your app and its users.
🗃️ Gamification
1 items
📄️ Monetization
The Three P's - Products, Pricing, and Promotions
🗃️ Multiplayer
2 items