Meteor RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded. on keypress event

Question

Im trying to make a search box to filter down results of my returned collection in the client.

however when i actually try searching I\'m getting the above error in

Answer 1

Changing this:

Template.modules.events({
 'keypress input#search': function (event) {
  Session.set("currentFilter", $('input#search'));
 }
});

To This:

Template.modules.events({
 'keyup input#search': function (event) {
  Session.set("currentFilter", $('input#search').val());
 }
});

I believe you just need the .val() on the jquery dom reference of the input field. Additionally I would recommend using keyup for the event for something like this.

For getting the results out like you want you likely want to use a regular expression. Here's what I'm using in my app.

Template.hudlies.found = function() {
  var searchVal = Session.get("searchFilter");
    if (searchVal != "") {
      var searchResults = Hudlies.find({ name: { $regex: '^.*' + searchVal + '.*', $options: 'i' } });
    };

  return searchResults;
};

Answer 2

This error occurs when you pass large object as an argument to your method. For me for example the first Time I encountered this error, was when I passed a Meteor.Collection as an argument :s . I worked around that by passing the collection name as a String and then using eval() in the Methods to get the Collection on which proceed.

Conclusion: Always use strings, integers, small arrays or really small objects as arguments for methods called from your event handlers.