Meteor reading CSV files to populate database don't work after deploy

Question

So I have a bunch of data that I want to load into database from CSV. I've hacked together a solution that works in local development, but when I deploy to meteor.com, it no longer works.

I'm loading the csv file in the folder /server/data/:

function readData(name){
    var fs = __meteor_bootstrap__.require('fs');   
    var path = __meteor_bootstrap__.require('path');   
    var base = path.resolve('.');
    var data = fs.readFileSync(path.join(base, '/server/data/', name));
    return CSVToArray(data);
}

After I deploy to meteor.com, i got:

INFO Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory '/meteor/containers/98eb1286-120b-ee84-8e98-ce673fa2eab7/public/data/categories.csv'
    at Object.openSync (fs.js:240:18)
    at Object.readFileSync (fs.js:128:15)
    at readData (app/server/models.js:10:16)
    at app/server/categories.js:6:7
    at /meteor/containers/98eb1286-120b-ee84-8e98-ce673fa2eab7/bundle/server/server.js:132:63
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at Function.<anonymous> (/meteor/containers/98eb1286-120b-ee84-8e98-ce673fa2eab7/bundle/server/underscore.js:76:11)
    at /meteor/containers/98eb1286-120b-ee84-8e98-ce673fa2eab7/bundle/server/server.js:132:7

Any idea how I can get meteor to see the csv file after deployment?

Answer 1

I realize this question is old, but it still ranks high on certain keyword searches. So, if you're using Meteor 0.6.5+, you can use the new Assets API.

Answer 2

The issue is that meteor only bundles files that it knows about (ie. JS/CSS/HTML/+more depending on which packages you use) up when it deploys.

Try putting the file you need in the public directory (this directory is exempt from the above rule).