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Access existing MongoDB collection from meteor app

In my MongoDB, I have a collection that I created and populated from the server side, called "fs.files" (It's a gridFS collection).

In my meteor app, is there a way to declare a global variable that simply can fetch me information from this database?

I tried

PDFs = new Mongo.Collection("fs.files");

PDFs = new FS.Collection("fs.files", {
    stores: [new FS.Store.FileSystem("fsfiles", {path: "./reports"})]
});

Both of them would return an empty array when I do PDFs.find().fetch()

The problem is, I do not want to create a new collection. I simply want to have access to an existing one since I do not create this database from client side.

Solution

  • Your approach should work. You are likely forgetting to publish this collection on the server and subscribe to it on the client.

    server:

    Meteor.publish('myPDFs',function(){
  return PDFs.find();
});

    client:

    Meteor.subscribe('myPDFs');