RethinkDB / Horizon: Integration with Express: Access Horizon data server-side?

Question

There is an example of express integration on the Horizon.io Github as shown here: Horizon express server example

I understand what this example is showing: if you h

Answer 1

To access the collections of Horizon you can use the @horizon/client.

npm install --save  @horizon/client

in server side code:

const Horizon = require("@horizon/client/dist/horizon");
const horizon = Horizon();

And then you can use the Horizon API:http://horizon.io/api/horizon/ for things such as connection, Auth, and users; then use the collection API: http://horizon.io/api/collection/ for getting access to the same collections that the client accesses.