Easy way to handle post data in meteor.js?

Question

I need to handle some POST data in my meteor.js app, is there an easy way to do this?

Very basic, if it was a PHP app I would just want the $_POST variable.

Answer 1

Meteor router

https://github.com/tmeasday/meteor-router#server-side-routing

Meteor.Router.add('/items/:id', 'POST', function(id) {
  // update Item Function
  return [200, 'ok'];
});

Answer 2

If you are simply looking to intercept the GET and POST data, then send Meteor on it's merry way, you could do something like this on the server.

if (Meteor.isServer) {

  var connect = Npm.require('connect');
  var app = __meteor_bootstrap__.app;
  var post, get;

  app
    // parse the POST data
    .use(connect.bodyParser())
    // parse the GET data
    .use(connect.query())
    // intercept data and send continue
    .use(function(req, res, next) {
      post = req.body;
      get = req.query;
      return next();
    });

  Meteor.startup(function() {
    // do something with post and get variables
  });

}

EDIT 11/01/13

I ended up creating a smart package for this (for myself). There is no documentation but you are welcome to use it. https://github.com/johnnyfreeman/request-data

To retrieve the foo request variable:

RequestData.get('foo') // --> 'bar'
RequestData.post('foo') // --> 'bar'

Both methods will throw a Meteor.Error if the key isn't found so make sure you use wrap with a try/catch if the variable is optional.