Router.url() returning undefined in Email.send() - meteor

Question

I am trying to construct an email for some users. Code is running server-side. In the email I would like to have a link for the users to click on, but I am not having much luck.
I am trying to use Router.url() to set the href of an anchor. I can do console.log() and see the Router object is at least defined, but the link ends up being strange.
The code looks like this:
Meteor.methods({
sendSubmissionEmail: function(responseId) {
// Let other method calls from the same client start running,
// without waiting for the email sending to complete.
this.unblock();
var formResponse = FormResponses.findOne({_id: responseId});
var toEmails = [];
_.each(Roles.getUsersInRole('ADMIN').fetch(), function(user) {
if (user.profile && user.profile.receivesResponseEmails) {
var email = _.findWhere(user.emails, {verified: true});
if (!email) {
console.log('No verified email address was found for ' + user.username + '. Using unverified email instead.');
email = _.first(user.emails);
}
if (email) {
toEmails.push(email.address);
}
}
});
if (toEmails && toEmails.length > 0) {
console.log('Sending an email to the following Admins: ' + toEmails);
console.log('Router: ', Router);
Email.send({
from: 'noreply#strataconsulting.us',
to: toEmails,
subject: 'Form Response for Form "' + formResponse.form_title + '" Ready For Approval',
html: '<p>Form Response for Form ' + formResponse.formTitle + ' is now ready for your approval.</p>'
});
}
}
});
And the resulting email:
====== BEGIN MAIL #0 ======
MIME-Version: 1.0
From: noreply#strataconsulting.us
To: testuser4#codechimp.net
Subject: Form Response for Form "undefined" Ready For Approval
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<p>Form Response for Form Test Form One is now ready for your approval.</p>
====== END MAIL #0 ======
First, there is a strange "3D" appearing prior to the first " of the href, then the return or Router.url() is always undefined. Just to make sure the call was right, I simulated it in Chrome's dev tools console by doing the following:
var fr = FormResponses.findOne({_id: '1234567890'});
Router.url('editResponse', fr);
As expected this spits out the full URL path to my editResponse route with the correct ID set. Is Router.url() a client-only call? If so, how do I get the URL to a route server-side? All routes are defined for both client and server.

Answer 1

Here:
var fr = FormResponses.findOne({_id: '1234567890'});
Router.url('editResponse', fr);
You're passing the result of the Find as a parameter. It'll look like
{ _id: ..., otherStuff: ...}
But in your code you're not passing an object, you're just passing a string:
Router.url('editResponse', formResponse.id)
That explains the "undefined".
The 3D is very odd.