I have an insertion form that is created using autoform, collection2 and a simple schema. The field is createdBypopulated by userId using autovalue. The form worked when used meteor.allow()for insertion, but I wanted to replace allow with the method so that I could perform some validation of user roles, i.e. Make sure the user has administrator rights. But now I get an error that the field is createdByempty.
Error in dev tools:
error: 400, reason: "Created on demand", details: undefined, message: "Created on demand [400]", errorType: "Meteor.Error"}
Courses = new Mongo.Collection('Courses');
courseSchema = new SimpleSchema({
title: {
type: String,
label: "Course Title"
},
description: {
type: String,
label: "Description"
},
createdAt: {
type: Date,
autoValue: function(){
return new Date();
},
autoform:{
type: 'hidden'
}
},
startDate:{
type: String,
label: "Start Date"
},
sessions: {
type: String,
label: "No. of sessions"
},
duration: {
type: String,
label: "Duration of the course"
},
price: {
type: String,
label: "Course Price"
},
createdBy:{
type: String,
autoValue:function(){
return this.userId;
},
autoform:{
type:'hidden'
}
}
});
Courses.attachSchema(courseSchema);
Method (which is available on the client and on the server):
Meteor.methods({
addCourse: function(course){
Courses.insert(course);
}
});
And the template in which the form is generated:
<template name="adminIndex">
<h1>Available Courses</h1>
{{> courseList }}
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success btn-block">Create New Course</button>
<h3>Create New Course</h3>
{{>quickForm id="InsertCourseForm" collection="Courses" type="method" meteormethod="addCourse"}}
</template>