Weird undefined error on server - meteor

Question

I have the following meteor method
hasNoPendingPayments: function() {
var userId = Meteor.userId();
console.log(userId); <---------------------- correctly logs userId
var user = Users.findOne({_id: userId }, { fields: { services: 0 } });
console.log(user); <-------------------------- logs 'undefined'
return hasNoPendingPayments(user);
},
This private helper I call from the above
hasNoPendingPayments = function(user) {
// console.log('hasNoPendingPayments ');
// console.log(user);
var payments = Payments.find({ userId: user._id, status: {
$in: [Payments.States.PENDING, Payments.States.PROCESSING]}
});
return payments.count() === 0;
};
And I call it from the client here
Template.payments.created = function() {
this.hasNoPendingPayments = new ReactiveVar(false);v
};
Template.payments.rendered = function () {
Session.set('showPaymentRequestForm', false);
var self = this;
Meteor.call('hasNoPendingPayments', function(error, result) {
if (result === true) { self.hasNoPendingPayments.set(true); }
});
...
However, I get an undefined error on the server when I load the template initially (I marked where in code). Although, when I try call the same query on the client with the same userId, i correctly gets the user record
Any idea as to why this is?

Answer 1

Try with this.
Template.payments.rendered = function () {
Session.set('showPaymentRequestForm', false);
var self = this;
if(Meteor.userId()){
Meteor.call('hasNoPendingPayments', function(error, result) {
if (result === true) { self.hasNoPendingPayments.set(true); }
});
}else{
console.log("Seems like user its not logged in at the moment")
}
Maybe when you make the Meteor.call, the data its not ready
Also just to be sure, when you run Users.findOne({_id: userId }, { fields: { services: 0 } }); on console.log what you get?
Maybe the find is wrong or have some typo
update
Router.map(function()
{
this.route('payments',
{
action: function()
{
if (Meteor.userId())
this.render();
} else{
this.render('login') // we send the user to login Template
}
}
}
or waitOn
Router.map(function () {
this.route('payments', {
path: '/payments',
waitOn: function(){
return Meteor.subscribe("userData"); //here we render template until the subscribe its ready
}
});
});

Answer 2

Meteor stores all the user records in Meteor.users collection
so try Meteor.users.findOne({_id: userId }....)
Instead of Users.findOne({_id: userId }, { fields: { services: 0 } });
in your server method