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Question

am calling my template like this {{> list_items}} and for some reason it doesn't work
this is the template code
<template name="list_items">
{{#each items}}
<div class="col-sm-4 col-lg-4 col-md-4">
<div class="thumbnail">
<img src="{{previewImage}}" alt="">
<div class="caption">
<h4 class="pull-right">{{price}}</h4>
<h4>{{title}}</h4>
<p>{{description}}</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
{{/each}}
</template>
and items is a function in the template helper that returns the documents in my collection, here is its code:
Template.list_items.helpers({
items: function(){
return Items.find({});
}
});
This is my Items collection allow rules
Items.allow({
insert: function (userId, doc) {
// the user must be logged in, and the document must be owned by the user
return true;
},
update: function (userId, doc, fields, modifier) {
// can only change your own documents
return true;
},
remove: function (userId, doc) {
// can only remove your own documents
return true;
}
});
And collection inside "lib" folder so that i can use it from the client side.
When i tried to use Items.find().fetch() i get an empty collection [] Even though i have the collection with one document inside it
Why it doesn't work? are there any required package to be added first?

Answer 1

solved it by making publish and subscribe
in the server
Meteor.publish('items-all', function publishFunction() {
return Items.find({});
})
in the client
Meteor.subscribe('items-all');

Answer 2

This will not allow you to find any data on client side.Items.find({}) will return empty docs.
Items.allow({
insert: function (userId, doc) {
// the user must be logged in, and the document must be owned by the user
return true;
},
update: function (userId, doc, fields, modifier) {
// can only change your own documents
return true;
},
remove: function (userId, doc) {
// can only remove your own documents
return true;
}
});
If you want to allow Items.find({}) allow to all routes/templates. You can publish the data on server side like :
Meteor.publish('all-Items', function(){
return Items.find({});
})
And on the client side you can subscribe the all-Items publish on inside the Meteor.startup like this :
Meteor.startup(function () {
Meteor.subscribe('all-Items');
}
Then you can access Items.find({}) on each and every routes and that will return all the docs reactively.
Don't forget to add fetch function to see on console like : Items.find({}).fetch(), It will return array of your docs.