How to get Meteor.user() to return on the server side?

Question

in a file called /server/main.js (in order to ensure it is loaded last).

console.dir(Meteor.user());

Throws:

Error: Meteor.         


        

Answer 1

You can expose the userId with Meteor.publish() to global scope. Then you can use it with Meteor.Router's server side routes.

--

/server/publications.js

CurrentUserId = null;
Meteor.publish(null, function() {
    CurrentUserId = this.userId;
});

-

/server/routes.js

Meteor.Router.add('/upload', 'POST', function() {
    if (!CurrentUserId)
        return [403, 'Forbidden'];

    // proceed with upload...
});