Displaying data from external API without MongoDB collection

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Best Way to handle a 3rd Party endpoint

This is relatively straightforward. You set up a client-only collection and a subscription in the usual way. RestData = new Mongo.Collection('rest-data'); // client only Meteor.subscribe('rest-docs'); On the server, you poll the REST endpoint at a suitable interval within a roll-your-own publication. Something along the lines of: Meteor.publish('rest-docs', function() { var init = true; var self = this; Meteor.setInterval(function() { var data = HTTP.get('some url').data; // for JSO…