I have users table whose structure is as below for a single document
{
"profile" : {
"name" : "new user",
"gender" : ""
},
"followers" : [
{
"id" : "yQLrjsbAnKHW7Zoef",
"name" : "vid vid"
},
{
"id" : "bGLrjsbAnKHW7Zoef",
"name" : "sid sid"
}
]
}
and my helper function is
Template.followers.helpers({
followers: function () {
return Meteor.users.find({_id: Meteor.userId()},{_id:0,followers:1, profile:1});
}
});
now I want to display data of just followers as :
name: Vid
name: Sid
Basically I want to access the elements in followers array in my template.
Currently it's
{{#each followers}}
{{ profile.name}}
{{ followers}}
{{/each}}
This is your template code
{{#each followers}} {{ profile.name}} {{ followers}} {{/each}}
Correct template code
{{#each followers}}
{{profile.name}}
{{#each this.followers}}
{{name}}
{{/each}}
{{/each}}
This will give you the name of the profile holder and the followers for that profile.
Fixed it.
The problem is that Meteor.users.find() returns only limited fields. Firstly I tried using field specifiers in the method where users is published but that didn't work. So following is what I did:
In server side, declared new variable as:
UserProfiles : = Meteor.users;
Added new publish method where i specified fields I required as:
enter code here
Meteor.publish('UserProfiles', function () {
return UserProfiles.find({},{
fields : {
'followers' : 1,
'profile' : 1,
'createdAt' : 1
}
});
});
Added following line in client side:
UserProfiles : = Meteor.users;
Meteor.subscribe("UserProfiles");
Then in my files I fired a query and returned as:
users: function (){
return UserProfiles.find(selector, {
fields : {
'followers' : 1,
'profile' : 1,
'createdAt' : 1
}
});
}
Inside template code:
{{#each users}}
Follower of {{profile.name}}
{{#each followers}}
{{> follower}}
{{/each}}
{{/each}}
Related
In a Meteor project, I have a collection of documents which can have one of two formats. To simplify, a given document may either have a type property or a label property. I would like to display this is a multiple select element, using whichever property they have to identify them.
Here's a working example:
HTML
<body>
{{> test}}
</body>
<template name="test">
<select name="elements" size="2">
{{#each elements}}
<option value="{{id}}">{{id}}: {{type}}{{label}}</option>
{{/each}}
</select>
</template>
JavaScript
Template.test.helpers({
elements: function () {
return [
{ id: 1, type: "type" }
, { id: 2, label: "label" }
]
}
})
This happily displays:
1: type
2: label
However, this is a simplification. The actual data that I want to display is more complex than this. I would rather not put all the concatenation logic into the HTML template. I would much rather call a JavaScript function, passing it the current document, and get the string to display. Something like:
<option value="{{id}}">{{functionToCall_on_this}}</option>
How could I do this with Meteor?
Answering my own question, I have found that I can change my template to include this line...
<option value="{{id}}">{{id}}: {{string}}</option>
And my helpers entry to use the map method:
Template.test.helpers({
elements: function () {
data = [
{ id: 1, type: "type" }
, { id: 2, label: "label" }
]
return data.map(function (item, index, array) {
var string = item.type || item.label
return { id: item.id, string: string }
})
}
})
I have a collection A which have an embedded array of different IDs.
These IDs are id of collection B.
How can I loop inside a template to all of these B's id and get the associated ?
A template :
<template name="Atemplate">
<h1>Name of A : {{name}}</h1>
{{#each Bs}}
{{> Btemplate}}
{{/each}}
</template>
B template :
<template name="Btemplate">
<h1>Name of B : {{name}}</h1>
</template>
what about B template.js ?
If I understand the question right, the context for Btemplate is an id. So in the name helper you could find the document by that id like so:
Template.Btemplate.helpers({
name: function() {
var doc = B.findOne(String(this));
return doc && doc.name;
}
});
Alternatively (and someone preferably) is to set the Btemplate context to an instance of a B:
Template.Atemplate.helpers({
allBs: function() {
return B.find({_id: {$in: this.Bs}});
}
});
You'd need to modify you A template code as follows:
{{#each allBs}}
{{> Btemplate}}
{{/each}}
And now you don't need to modify the original implementation of Btemplate. I'd also recommend reading the templates articles from here.
I want to fetch the last item of my JSON file. So I took a look at Getting the last element from a JSON array in a Handlebars template and tried to implement it. So far it gives me the number of the last entry but I need the options as well but dont know how to do it?
This is from the example mentioned
Handlebars.registerHelper("last", function(array, options) {
return array[array.length-1];
});
I tried to do:
Handlebars.registerHelper("last", function(array, options) {
if (array[array.length-1]) return options.fn(this);
return options.inverse(this);
});
My JSON files structure is:
releases: [{
"title" : "some title",
"releaseDate" : "2014-08-04"
},
"services": [{
"name" : "spotify",
"link" : "some link"
},
{
"name" : "itunes",
"link" : "some link"
}]
]
so my Handlebars template looks like:
{{#each releases}}
{{#last releaseDate}}
{{#each services}}
{{#equal name "Spotify" }}
{{/equal}}
{{#equal name "Itunes" }}
{{/equal}}
{{/each}}
{{/last}}
{{/each}}
But its not working, it displays an empty DIV
please help?
Handlebars already has #first and #last pseudo-variables. See docs on iterations and built-in helpers.
Example use case:
textArray = ["First", "N-1", "Last"]
<span>{{#each textArray}}{{#if #last}}{{this}}{{/if}}{{/each}}</span>
Result: <span>Last</span>
I would use an iterator helper for this.
Handlebars.registerHelper('layoutReleases', function (rows, options) {
var buffer = [], lastRow;
if (rows && rows.length > 0) {
lastRow = rows[rows.length-1];
buffer.push(options.fn(lastRow));
}
return buffer.join('');
});
Template:
{{#layoutReleases releases}}
{{releaseDate}}
{{#each services}}
{{#equal name "Spotify" }}
{{/equal}}
{{#equal name "Itunes" }}
{{/equal}}
{{/each}}
{{/each}}
How to pass a default value for a field in 'insert' form?
I'm using Meteor's packages: Autoform, Collections2, and Simple-Schema.
My process is:
A User selects some value in a list on a page, then
The 'insert' from opens, and I want that one field to be initialized with the value the user chose on a previous step.
Can't figure out how to pass a parameter withing URL (or any other way).
The problem is how to initialize form with the value.
Suppose I have an URL:
http://localhost:3000/activity/new/Sport
===============
router.js:
...
Router.map(function () {
...
this.route('newActivity', {
path: '/activity/new/:tag',
data: function() {
Session.set('tag', this.params.tag);
return null;
}
});
...
===============
models/activity.js
...
Activities = new Meteor.Collection("activities", {
schema: {
title: {
type: String,
label: 'название'
},
...
tag: {
type: String,
label: 'тэг'
}
}
});
================
templates/avtibity.js
...
Template.newActivity.helpers({
defaultTag: function() {
return Session.get('tag');
}
});
...
================
templates/activity.html
...
<template name="newActivity">
<h1>Create new Activity!</h1>
{{#autoForm collection="Activities" id="insertActivityForm" type="insert"}}
{{> afQuickField name="title"}}
...
{{> afQuickField name="tag" value=" ?????? "}} // ? {{defaultTag}}
ho ho ho {{defaultTag}}
{{/autoForm}}
</template>
```
Thanks to Eric Dobbertin:
You could set value equal to a helper that returns the desired value ({{> afQuickField name="tag" value=valueHelper}})
List item You could set doc to an object that has the value set to what you want. Just like you would for an update form.
https://github.com/aldeed/meteor-autoform/issues/210
When I use the built-in block helper #each, book templates are rerendered individually when changed:
users =
_id: 'foo'
books: [
{name: 'book1'}
{name: 'book2'}
]
<template name="user">
{{#each books}}
{{> book}}
{{/each}}
</template>
<template name="book">
<div>{{name}}</div>
</template>
When the data is changed - the first book name is set to 'bookone' instead of 'book1' - only the book template (the div containing 'book1') is rerendered. This is the desired behavior. When I use a custom block helper, the behavior is different:
<template name="user">
{{#each_with_id}}
{{> book}}
{{/each}}
</template>
<template name="book">
<div data-id="{{_id}}">{{name}}</div>
</template>
Templates.user.each_with_id = (options) ->
html = "
for book, i in this.books
this.name = book.name
html += Spark.labelBranch i.toString(), ->
options.fn this
html
Now when the name of the first book changes, the whole user template is rerendered.
It does not work as you expect, because the implementation of built-in each is based on the cursor.observeChanges feature. You will not be able to achieve the same exact result without using an auxiliary collection of some sort. The idea is quite simple. It seems that you don't have a "books" collection but you can create a client-side-only cache:
Books = new Meteor.Collection(null);
where you will need to put some data dynamically like this:
Users.find({/* probably some filtering here */}).observeCanges({
added: function (id, fields) {
_.each(fields.books, function (book, index) {
Books.insert(_.extend(book, {
owner: id,
index: index,
}));
}
},
changed: function (id, fields) {
Books.remove({
owner:id, name:{
$nin:_.pluck(fields.books, 'name')
},
});
_.each(fields.books, function (book, index) {
Books.update({
owner : id,
name : book.name,
}, {$set:_.extend(book, {
owner : id,
index : index,
})}, {upsert:true});
}
},
removed: function (id) {
Books.remove({owner:id});
},
});
Then instead of each_with_id you will be able to the built-in each with appropriate cursor, e.g.
Books.find({owner:Session.get('currentUserId')}, {sort:{index:1}});
You may also look at this other topic which basically covers the same problem you're asking about.