How can I create users server side in Meteor?

Question

In the new Meteor auth branch how can I create users server side?

I see how to create them client side with the call to

[Client] Meteor.createUser(options, extra, callback)

But suppose I want to create a Meteor user collection record on startup?

For example, the Administrator account during startup/bootstrapping for an application?

Thanks Steeve

Answer 1

On newer versions of meteor use

  Accounts.createUser({
                            username: username,
                            email : email,
                            password : password,
                            profile  : {
                                //publicly visible fields like firstname goes here
                            }

    });

note: the password hash is generated automatically

On older versions of meteor use:

1 - NB: DO YOU HAVE THE REQUIRED PACKAGES INSTALLED ?

• mrt add accounts-base
• mrt add accounts-password

On some versions of meteor you cannot call SRP password salt generator as Steeve suggested, so try this:

2 - do Meteor.users.insert( )

e.g.

 var newUserId = 
 Meteor.users.insert({
         emails: ['[email protected]'],
         profile  : { fullname : 'peter' }
 });

note: a user must have EITHER a username or an email address. I used email in this example.

3 - Finally set the password for the newly created account.

      Accounts.setPassword(newUserId, 'newPassword');