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Michael Hoeller
Michael Hoeller

Reputation: 24218

How to make use of an ID in meteor iron router?

I know that I can put :id in the path of my route so that I get a specific URL. Thats what I can get form tutorials I found online. But how can I make use of this feature? What is the benefit? I assume that the ID is passed internally as like an url parameter, since in the data function seems to be specific return, based on an ID. But I am not sure.

this.route('projectView',{
    path:'/projects/:id',
    layoutTemplate:'mainLayout',
    loginRequired:'entrySignIn',
    waitOn:function(){
        Meteor.subscribe('customers');
        return Meteor.subscribe('projects');
    },
    data:function(){
        Session.set('active_project',this.params.id);
        return Projects.findOne({_id:this.params.id});
    },

Upvotes: 0

Views: 152

Answers (1)

David Weldon
David Weldon

Reputation: 64312

In your example, the path looks like /projects/:id. Under the hood, the router converts the contents of :id into this.params.id which is what you are using in your data hook.

In other words, if the path /projects/abc123 was encountered by the router, it would know that it should use the projectView route and this.params.id should equal abc123 when loading the corresponding data.

Upvotes: 1

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