How to respond server-side to routes using Meteor and Iron-Router?

Question

I\'m sending a file from client-side to server side using XHR:

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    dropEvent.preventDefault();
    _.each(dropEven         


        

Answer 1

By default, your routes are created as client side routes. This means, a link to that route will be handled in the browser vs. making a server request. But you can also create server side routes by providing a where option to the route. The handler for the server side route exposes the request, response, and next properties of the Connect object. The syntax has changed a little from 0.5.4 to the dev branch so I'll provide both examples depending on which you're using:

v0.5.4

Router.map(function () {
  this.route('upload', {
    where: 'server',
    handler: function () {
      var request = this.request;
      var response = this.response;
      // do whatever
    }
  });
});

dev

Router.map(function () {
  this.route('upload', {
    where: 'server',
    action: function () {
      var request = this.request;
      var response = this.response;
      // do whatever
    }
  });
});