diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a17df00..ad56a77 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 parseConfig.php
+.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/parse.php b/parse.php
index 554d687..f019fe4 100644
--- a/parse.php
+++ b/parse.php
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-include 'parseConfig.php';
-include 'parseObject.php';
-include 'parseQuery.php';
-include 'parseUser.php';
-include 'parseFile.php';
-include 'parsePush.php';
-include 'parseGeoPoint.php';
-include 'parseACL.php';
-include 'parseCloud.php';
+include_once 'parseConfig.php';
 
 class parseRestClient{
 
diff --git a/parseACL.php b/parseACL.php
index cdf7ed5..33746b5 100644
--- a/parseACL.php
+++ b/parseACL.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+include_once 'parse.php';
 /* 
 // example: 
 $object = new parseObject();
diff --git a/parseBatch.php b/parseBatch.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a622f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parseBatch.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+include_once 'parse.php';
+include_once 'parseObject.php';
+/*
+ *	Example Usage:
+       //NOTES: In Parse.com, create "TestBatch" class, then 1 column names "Notes", and 2 rows.
+       //Get the objectId from each row and insert into the code below
+  		$b = new parseBatch();
+ 		$b->add_update_request('TestBatch', 'INSERT_ID', array('Notes'=>'Custom Note: '.$csv_file_location.'.Update via API on PHP Server Time Seconds: '.time()));
+ 		$b->add_update_request('TestBatch', 'INSERT_ID', array('Notes'=>'Custom Note: '.$csv_file_location.'.Second Record Update via API on PHP Server Time Seconds: '.time()));
+ 		$results = $b->batch_request();
+*/
+class parseBatch extends parseObject{
+
+	public function __construct(){
+		//API VERSION IS REQUIRED
+		if(!defined('PARSE_API_VERSION')){
+			define('PARSE_API_VERSION', '1');
+		}
+		//batch is the class name for batch updates
+		$this->_className = 'batch';
+		$this->data = array('requests'=>array());
+		parent::__construct('batch');
+	}
+
+	public function batch_request(){
+		$requestBatch = array(
+			'method' => 'POST',
+			'requestUrl' => 'batch',
+			'data' => $this->data,
+		);
+		$request = $this->request($requestBatch);
+		return $request;
+	}
+
+	public function add_request($method, $path, $body){
+		if(!is_array($body) && $method != 'DELETE'){
+			return array('error'=>'body is not properly formatted as an array');
+		}
+		elseif(count($this->data['requests']) >= 50){
+			return array('error'=>'limit exceeded, batch requests limited to 50 requests');
+		}
+		elseif($method == 'DELETE') {
+			$this->data['requests'][] = array('method'=>$method, 'path'=>$path);
+			return true;
+		}
+		else {
+			$this->data['requests'][] = array('method'=>$method, 'path'=>$path, 'body'=>$body);
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function add_update_request($class, $objId, $data){
+		$this->add_request('PUT', '/'.PARSE_API_VERSION.'/classes/'.$class.'/'.$objId, $data);
+	}
+
+	public function add_create_request($class, $data){
+		$this->add_request('POST', '/'.PARSE_API_VERSION.'/classes/'.$class,$data);
+	}
+
+	public function add_delete_request($class, $objId){
+		$this->add_request('DELETE', '/'.PARSE_API_VERSION.'/classes/'.$class.'/'.$objId, array());
+	}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/parseCloud.php b/parseCloud.php
index 76745a4..e228bab 100644
--- a/parseCloud.php
+++ b/parseCloud.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+include_once 'parse.php';
 /*
 	// Adding the possibility to run parse cloud code functions
 	$cloud = new parseCloud("functionName");
diff --git a/parseFile.php b/parseFile.php
index 69cd895..83ecd80 100644
--- a/parseFile.php
+++ b/parseFile.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-
+include_once 'parse.php';
 class parseFile extends parseRestClient{
 
 	private $_fileName;
diff --git a/parseGeoPoint.php b/parseGeoPoint.php
index d9f978e..494713e 100644
--- a/parseGeoPoint.php
+++ b/parseGeoPoint.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-
+include_once 'parse.php';
 class parseGeoPoint extends parseRestClient{
 
 	public $lat;
diff --git a/parseObject.php b/parseObject.php
index b6b8f39..fef72d7 100644
--- a/parseObject.php
+++ b/parseObject.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-
+include_once 'parse.php';
 class parseObject extends parseRestClient{
 	public $_includes = array();
 	private $_className = '';
diff --git a/parsePush.php b/parsePush.php
index f74dd28..c84d79a 100644
--- a/parsePush.php
+++ b/parsePush.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-
+include_once 'parse.php';
 class parsePush extends parseRestClient{
 
 	public $channels;
diff --git a/parseQuery.php b/parseQuery.php
index cf4cda7..e16832a 100644
--- a/parseQuery.php
+++ b/parseQuery.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-
+include_once 'parse.php';
 class parseQuery extends parseRestClient{
 	private $_limit = 100;
 	private $_skip = 0;
diff --git a/parseUser.php b/parseUser.php
index 6e3eda8..d58dfa2 100644
--- a/parseUser.php
+++ b/parseUser.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-
+include_once 'parse.php';
 class parseUser extends parseRestClient{
 
 	public $authData;