How do you do client side routing when saving via methods? - meteor

Question

I want to save some data and show it in a view template. So I want to do like the example below but using methods.
Template.postSubmit.events({
'submit form': function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var post = {
url: $(e.target).find('[name=url]').val(),
title: $(e.target).find('[name=title]').val()
};
post._id = Posts.insert(post);
Router.go('postPage', post);
}
});
I tried this:
'insertClubData': function(clubname, capacity, description, homepage){
var currentUserId = Meteor.userId();
var club = {
clubname: clubname,
description: description,
capacity: parseInt(capacity),
homepage: homepage,
createdAt: new Date(),
visitors: 0,
occupancy: 0,
trend: "club-1",
createdBy: currentUserId
}
club._id = clubs.insert(club);
Router.go('club', club);
},
but I get the error:
Exception while invoking method 'insertClubData' TypeError: Object
function router(req, res, next) { I20160425-14:04:55.724(2)? //XXX
this assumes no other routers on the parent stack which we should
probably fix
I understand that this is because Router.go is a client side method. But I also understand that you should avoid server side routing. So what's the most elegant solution?
This is my route:
Router.route('/club/:_id', {
name: 'club',
template: 'club',
data: function(){
return clubs.findOne({_id: this.params._id})
}
});

Answer 1

How about, you call the method from the client and in the callback on success you do the routing. For example:
Template.postSubmit.events({
'submit form': function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var post = {
url: $(e.target).find('[name=url]').val(),
title: $(e.target).find('[name=title]').val()
};
Meteor.call('insertPost', post, function(error, id) {
if (error) {
alert(error)
} else {
Router.go('postPage', {_id: id});
}
});
}
});
and on the server
Meteor.methods({
insertPost: function(post) {
// do checks
id = Posts.insert(post);
return id;
}
});
Does that work for you?