Hide fields in method?

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1

Hey,
is it possible to hide fields in a Meteor method (if I return an doc array). For example:

Meteor.methods({
 'videos.get': function() {
    return Videos.find({},{fields:{md5:0}}).fetch();
  }
});

This still shows the md5 fields on the client.

2

If you want to completely hide md5 clientside, you should use a filter on publication.

3

You cannot use a method to return a cursor.

You can return an array of docs:

Meteor.methods({
 'videos.get'() {
    return Videos.find({},{fields:{md5:0}}).fetch();
  }
});

which will honour your suppression of the md5 field.

4

Hey Rob,
sorry, my example code was wrong. I’m using .fetch() but still get the md5 field from the method. It only works if I add it to a publication. Currently I’m using this “ugly” solution:

Meteor.methods({
 'videos.get': function() {
    const videos = Videos.find({}).fetch();
    return videos.map((video) => new Video(_.omit(video,['md5'])));
  }
});

Video is an Astronomy model - omit removes the class and creates a new object which causes problems because I’m not able to call the helpers anymore. So it would be great if I could hide the fields straight in the mongo query.

5

Hmm. It’s working for me. Are you sure md5 is a top-level field?

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