Meteor - Publish just the count for a collection

Question

Is it possible to publish just the count for a collection to the user? I want to display the total count on the homepage, but not pass all the data to the user. This is what I t

Answer 1

I would use a Meteor.call

Client:

 var count; /// Global Client Variable

 Meteor.startup(function () {
    Meteor.call("count", function (error, result) {
      count = result;
    })
 });

return count in some helper

Server:

Meteor.methods({
   count: function () {
     return Tasks.find().count();
   }
})

*Note this solution would not be reactive. However if reactivity is desired it can be incorporated.