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corvid
corvid

Reputation: 11197

Connect to a remote server and use the remote collection

I have two applications to be deployed seperately, but partially sharing a database and users. I created a pretty simple method to connect.

Remote.connect = function (remoteUrl="http://localhost:3030") {
  let remote = DDP.connect(remoteUrl);
  Meteor.remote = remote;
  Accounts.connection = remote;
  Meteor.users = new Mongo.Collection('users', {
    connection = remote
  });
  return remote;
}

Meteor.startup(function () {
  Remote.connect(Meteor.settings.public.REMOTE_URL);
});

So this will work -- I can log in as a "remote" user just as easily. However, I am having some trouble using other collections. For example:

Orders = new Mongo.Collection('orders', {
  connection: Meteor.remote
});

This shares the same name as my "orders" collection on the remote application. I try to query it on my local but it does not yield any results. If I query it on the main application, it yields one result.

How can I connect to remote collections with meteor?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 548

Answers (1)

SylvainB
SylvainB

Reputation: 4820

For your "client" app's collection to be populated with your "server" app's collection data, you will need to subscribe to this app's publication. The object returned by DDP.connect() can help you do just that. Say your original app publishes orders this way:

Meteor.publish('orders', function () {
  return Orders.find();
});

Then all you need to do in order to populate your client app is:

Meteor.remote.subscribe('orders');

Upvotes: 1

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