[SOLVED] Editing doc using Iron:Router and AutoForm

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1

I have Iron:Router setup with the following route:
Router.route('/building/update/:_id', { name: 'building_edit', template: 'building_edit', data: function() { return Buildings.findOne(this._id); } });

and my building_edit template has the following code
{{#autoForm schema=Schemas.Buildings type="update" id="update_building" doc=this }} ... {{> afQuickField name="name" }} ... {{/autoForm}}

When I go to http://localhost:3000/building/update/YXs2C5mnv7rqaqQ7B
the form shows up but none of the fields have the Buildingā€™s data.

Any ideas what Iā€™m missing?

2

Is there something that I left out of this post that you may need to know? Iā€™m really stuck as to why this doesnā€™t work.

3

Assuming you have autopublish disabled, where are you subscribing to your Buildings collection?

4

Autopublish is indeed disabled.

In server/publish.js
Meteor.startup(function () {
Meteor.publish(ā€œbuildingsā€, function() {
return Buildings.find();
});
ā€¦
});

In /my_app.js (this is the file that was created when I ā€˜meteor create my_appā€™)
if (Meteor.isClient) {
Meteor.subscribe(ā€œbuildingsā€);
}

5

A few suggestions:

  1. Meteor.publish doesnā€™t need to be part of a startup callback, so Iā€™d suggest removing it from Meteor.startup.
  2. Take a look at the subscriptions section of the Iron Router Guide. Youā€™ll likely want to leverage the subscriptions or waitOn Iron Router options.
  3. Are you very far down the path of using Iron Router? If not Iā€™d suggest switching to use kadira:flow-router (since itā€™s currently the MDG recommended router) along with template level subscriptions.
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6

I took the .publish calls out of the startup. It had no effect, but I will leave it like that on your suggestion.

I implemented the subscriptions and waitOn options to my routes, and it started working. Thank you.