Iron Router, best practice

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1

Pls what better way could I write this piece of code, I have read the documentation but I don’t understand it or can’t find a specific example that reflect what I want to do.

Router.route('/', function () {
  this.render('Home');
});

Router.route('/admin', function () {
    if (!Meteor.userId()) {
      this.render('loginpage');
    }
    this.next();
    if (Meteor.user().profile.role=="admin"){
       this.render('administrator');
    }
    this.next();
    if (Meteor.user().profile.role=="assessor"){
       this.redirect('/assessor');
    }
});

Router.route('/assessor', function () {
    if (!Meteor.userId()) {
      this.render('loginpage');
    }
    this.next();
    if (Meteor.user().profile.role=="assessor"){
       this.render('assessor');
    }
    this.next();
    if (Meteor.user().profile.role=="admin"){
       this.redirect('/admin');
    }
});
2

While this was a way of restricting access to routes/content before, I think most people would suggest that you handle this at the template level.

3

I would add that if you are just starting out with Meteor, iron:router is not the best choice. You should look at flow-router or react-router for client-side routing.

If you also want server-side routing, look at simple:rest, nimble:restivus, centiq:crud or express.

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4

I’m new too and started to work in a project already running and didn’t have much choice about the kind of router so… do you recommend something to read that can help more than the docummentation?

5

I’ve never used iron router, but there’s this: http://meteortips.com/second-meteor-tutorial/iron-router-part-1/

this: http://meteortips.com/second-meteor-tutorial/iron-router-part-2/

and this: http://meteortips.com/second-meteor-tutorial/iron-router-part-3/

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6

Thank you very much. I wish i had seen this earlier .

Was a very good intro =)

better late than never, right.

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