Iron Rout noob question

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1

Hi guys,

I am trying to create a very simple login/sign up system using Iron Route. When user logs in, I would like do direct him to my logged in template:

<template name="cards">
  <h2>Cards</h2>
   {{#if currentUser}}
      Logged in
      <input type="button" class="logout" value="Logout">
   {{/if}}
</template>

Simple stuff.

My events template is:

Template.login.events({
  'click .register' (event, template) {
      Router.go('signup');
  },
  'submit form' (event, template) {
    event.preventDefault();
    var emailVar = $("#email").val();
    var passwordVar = $("#password").val();
    Meteor.loginWithPassword(emailVar, passwordVar, function(err) {
        if (err) {
          console.log(err);
          Session.set('loginErrorMessage',err.reason);
          Session.set("showError", true);
        } else {
          Session.set("showError", false);
          console.log("success")
          Route.go('cards');
        }
    });
  }
});

The failure is in “Route.go(cards)”. The error is:

Exception in delivering result of invoking ‘login’: ReferenceError: Route is not defined

What could the problem be? Is it the fact that I cannot call Route.go inside of a callback function? How can I fix that?

Thanks all

2

Yes! I got it. The issue was not using the Iron Route hooks. They are the ones that make this happen. So now I have this:

Router.route('/cards', {
  template: 'cards',
  onBeforeAction: function(){
        var currentUser = Meteor.userId();
        if(currentUser){
            this.next();
        } else {
          this.render('login');
        }
    }
});

Router.route('/', {
    template: 'login',
    name: 'login',
    onBeforeAction: function(){
          var currentUser = Meteor.userId();
          if(currentUser){
              this.render('cards');
          } else {
            this.next();
          }
      }
});

works like a charm.

Question to you guys… Flow Route or Iron Route… should I go for any in specific or both great?

3

It’s advisable to start using flow router as iron router has been abandoned as far as I know.

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4

Definitely FlowRouter.

5

yeah if you’re just getting started now (“noob question”) you should skip IronRouter. It’s considered legacy. Use FlowRouter (or React Router if you’re using React).

6

Thanks for the tips guys. Flow route it is theb

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7

@fcaldas: Where did you see/read about iron router?

I am curious to know how/why new projects are being started with this package…

8

I took it from here: http://meteortips.com/second-meteor-tutorial/iron-router-part-1/
It was well written and explained, so went for it.

9

Thanks, good to know!