templates - how to access an object from meteor.call -

templates - how to access an object from meteor.call -

just trying figure things out in meteor js. stuck trying meteor.call result object passed template. here code:

html template <template name="showtotals"> <div class="container"> {{#each recordcnt}} {{/each}} </div> </template> client js //get count per item template.showtotals.recordcnt = function(){ meteor.call('getcounts', function(err, result) { if (result) { //console.log(result); <-this shows object in javascript console homecoming result; } else { console.log("blaaaa"); } }); } server js meteor.startup(function () { meteor.methods({ getcounts: function() { var pipeline = [{$group: {_id: null, count: {$sum : 1}}}]; count_results = mycollection.aggregate(pipeline); homecoming count_results; } }); }); global js mycollection = new meteor.collection('folks');

i have tried adding console.log(result) results of call, , displays in javascript console expected results. cannot populate recordcnt however.

any ideas?

you can't way want because callback meteor.call runs asynchronously.

you can, however, utilize callback set session value , have helper read session.get() instead.

template.showtotals.rcdcount = function() { homecoming session.get('rcdcount'); } template.showtotals.rendered = function() { meteor.call('getcounts', function(err, result) { if (result) { session.set('rcdcount', result); } else { console.log("blaaaa"); } }); }

see here similar reply includes illustration of "hacky" way of doing it.

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