What is the name of the default user publication?

waldgeist · January 18, 2024, 5:28pm

I am trying to implement Meteor connectivity on Apple platforms natively. The DDP library I am using does not intercept the first add message Meteor sends after login, containing basic user information (like username and profile).

However, I can subscribe to publications before doing the login. So I am wondering what the name of the default publication is which sends this initial user data? Or is it just an arbitrary add message the server sends as part of the login procedure?

harry97 · January 19, 2024, 8:50am

github.com

meteor/meteor/blob/d2313f5d3927247efe79ade32f9746c1bcc0e89c/packages/accounts-base/accounts_server.js#L785


      
          // Merge custom fields selector and default publish fields so that the client
          // gets all the necessary fields to run properly
          const customFields = this._addDefaultFieldSelector().fields || {};
          const keys = Object.keys(customFields);
          // If the custom fields are negative, then ignore them and only send the necessary fields
          const fields = keys.length > 0 && customFields[keys[0]] ? {
            ...this._addDefaultFieldSelector().fields,
            ..._defaultPublishFields.projection
          } : _defaultPublishFields.projection
          // Publish the current user's record to the client.
          this._server.publish(null, function () {
            if (this.userId) {
              return users.find({
                _id: this.userId
              }, {
                fields,
              });
            } else {
              return null;
            }
          }, /*suppress autopublish warning*/{is_auto: true});

waldgeist · January 19, 2024, 10:26am

Thanks. So it is an unnamed publication and I can’t subscribe to it explicitly.

harry97 · January 19, 2024, 10:31am

I believe it can be overriden by publishing ‘currentUser’ publication.

waldgeist · January 22, 2024, 3:29pm

Thanks. I dug a bit deeper in the network traffic and realized that this initial publication sometimes delivers old data. For instance, if I delete a property in the user’s profile field, this value will still be there if I reload the page - although the value isn’t in the database anymore. Is there anything caching these values?