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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon dburles

Meteor.users.helpers not defined

Open JimHough opened this issue 10 years ago • 37 comments

Hi,

I'm trying to use this package to link to another document on the users collection. Its throwing an error at the line 'Meteor.users.helpers({....});' It does this on a freshly created meteor project version 1.0.3.2 Any ideas what it could be?

Thanks

JimHough avatar Mar 05 '15 12:03 JimHough

Hey @JimHough what's the error message you saw?

dburles avatar Mar 05 '15 22:03 dburles

Same problem here. I installed latest windows preview release from https://github.com/meteor/meteor/wiki/Preview-of-Meteor-on-Windows

When I start the app - I get this error:

W20150306-15:24:50.920(5.5)? (STDERR)
W20150306-15:24:50.922(5.5)? (STDERR) C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.0-winr.12\mt-os.windows.x86_32\dev_bundle\server-lib\node_modules\fibers\future.js:245
W20150306-15:24:50.922(5.5)? (STDERR)                                           throw(ex);
W20150306-15:24:50.922(5.5)? (STDERR)                                                 ^
W20150306-15:24:50.922(5.5)? (STDERR) TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'helpers'
W20150306-15:24:50.922(5.5)? (STDERR)     at app\collections\users.js:3:14
W20150306-15:24:50.922(5.5)? (STDERR)     at app\collections\users.js:10:3
W20150306-15:24:50.923(5.5)? (STDERR)     at D:\code\apps\dummyapp\dummyapp\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:222:10
W20150306-15:24:50.923(5.5)? (STDERR)     at Array.forEach (native)
W20150306-15:24:50.923(5.5)? (STDERR)     at Function._.each._.forEach (C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.0-winr.12\mt-os.windows.x86_32\dev_bundle\server-lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:79:11)
W20150306-15:24:50.923(5.5)? (STDERR)     at D:\code\apps\dummyapp\dummyapp\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:117:5
W20150306-15:24:56.408(5.5)? (STDERR)
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR) C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.0-winr.12\mt-os.windows.x86_32\dev_bundle\server-lib\node_modules\fibers\future.js:245
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR)                                           throw(ex);
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR)                                                 ^
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR) TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'helpers'
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR)     at app\collections\users.js:3:14
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR)     at app\collections\users.js:10:3
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR)     at D:\code\apps\dummyapp\dummyapp\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:222:10
W20150306-15:24:56.410(5.5)? (STDERR)     at Array.forEach (native)
W20150306-15:24:56.410(5.5)? (STDERR)     at Function._.each._.forEach (C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.0-winr.12\mt-os.windows.x86_32\dev_bundle\server-lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:79:11)
W20150306-15:24:56.410(5.5)? (STDERR)     at D:\code\apps\dummyapp\dummyapp\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:117:5
=> Exited with code: 8
W20150306-15:25:01.627(5.5)? (STDERR)
W20150306-15:25:01.627(5.5)? (STDERR) C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.0-winr.12\mt-os.windows.x86_32\dev_bundle\server-lib\node_modules\fibers\future.js:245
W20150306-15:25:01.628(5.5)? (STDERR)                                                 ^
W20150306-15:25:01.628(5.5)? (STDERR) TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'helpers'
W20150306-15:25:01.628(5.5)? (STDERR)     at app\collections\users.js:3:14
W20150306-15:25:01.629(5.5)? (STDERR)     at app\collections\users.js:10:3
W20150306-15:25:01.629(5.5)? (STDERR)     at D:\code\apps\dummyapp\dummyapp\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:222:10
W20150306-15:25:01.629(5.5)? (STDERR)     at Array.forEach (native)
W20150306-15:25:01.629(5.5)? (STDERR)     at Function._.each._.forEach (C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.0-winr.12\mt-os.windows.x86_32\dev_bundle\server-lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:79:11)
W20150306-15:25:01.628(5.5)? (STDERR)                                           throw(ex);
W20150306-15:25:01.630(5.5)? (STDERR)     at D:\code\apps\dummyapp\dummyapp\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:117:5
=> Exited with code: 8
=> Your application is crashing. Waiting for file change.

I wrote the following code in users.js

Meteor.users.helpers({ some code here });

ghost avatar Mar 06 '15 10:03 ghost

Does it work okay on other collections?

dburles avatar Mar 06 '15 10:03 dburles

Actually, I am using the package on users collections only. Let me check.

EDIT: Yes. the package is working on other collections. I think the problem is with users at the moment.

ghost avatar Mar 06 '15 11:03 ghost

I have the same when updating meteor. Actually had the issue for quite a time. It could have to do with the need to go from Meteor.collection to Mongo.collection but this is just an educated guess.

levino avatar Mar 07 '15 10:03 levino

I wonder if this current bug is windows specific, @JimHough are you running Meteor on windows by any chance?

dburles avatar Mar 08 '15 08:03 dburles

@dburles using Ubuntu 14.04. Not working on any of my three systems (all Ubuntu 14.04)

levino avatar Mar 09 '15 14:03 levino

I am also running on Ubuntu 14.04. It seems as though the helpers prototype is not applied or is deleted from the users collection.

JimHough avatar Mar 09 '15 18:03 JimHough

@dburles Will you be able to work on this in the foreseeable future?

levino avatar Mar 18 '15 15:03 levino

I made the warning go away by doing:

var Users = Meteor.users;

Users.helpers({});

This was quite helpful: https://github.com/ongoworks/meteor-security/issues/5

Can the others confirm that they are also using collection-behaviours?

levino avatar Mar 18 '15 16:03 levino

@JimHough tried this project today on Ubuntu 14.04 and couldn't reproduce your error, are you sure that the issue isn't caused by a package conflict like @Levino ?

dburles avatar Mar 26 '15 08:03 dburles

Having problems meself with this

AlexFrazer avatar Apr 23 '15 18:04 AlexFrazer

@AlexFrazer any further info you may have, such as system etc would be super useful thanks!

dburles avatar Apr 23 '15 23:04 dburles

@dburles, I am sorry, it seemed this was a result of pub/sub. My solution was to put it in a null publication.

Meteor.publish(null, function () {
  return Meteor.users.find({
    _id: this.userId
  }, {
    fields: {
      services: false
    }
  });
}, { is_auto: true });

AlexFrazer avatar Apr 27 '15 16:04 AlexFrazer

I am getting another error related to Meteor.users.helpers. While the exception is generated by your code, the error is not caused by your code. I inherited this project and am getting the error Error: [Can't apply helpers to 'users' a transform function already exists!] when I try to implement Meteor.users.helpers for kaoskeya:admin kaoskeya:accounts-autoform-admin Have searched my app and cannot locate a duplicate of Meteor.users.helpers. Any suggestions as to how to fix this problem? Thanks.

dougserfass avatar Jul 22 '15 00:07 dougserfass

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dougserfass avatar Jul 23 '15 00:07 dougserfass

@dougserfass it appears as though another package has added a transform function to the Meteor.users collection.

dburles avatar Jul 27 '15 06:07 dburles

as you can see from meteor list, i inherited a lot of added packages in this project i am working with kaoskeya to try to identify the package with the transform function do you know of any easy way to determine which package contains the transform function?

dougserfass avatar Jul 27 '15 14:07 dougserfass

I am getting the same error

W20150729-18:44:26.862(7)? (STDERR) /Users/username/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.hn2ytd++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/server-lib/node_modules/fibers/future.js:245
W20150729-18:44:26.862(7)? (STDERR)                         throw(ex);
W20150729-18:44:26.862(7)? (STDERR)                               ^
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR) TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'helpers'
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at RouteController.extend.layoutTemplate (packages/me:post/collections/news.js:2:1)
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at /Users/username/Documents/lab/project1/myapp/meteor/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/packages/me_post.js:161:4
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at /Users/username/Documents/lab/project1/myapp/meteor/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/packages/me_post.js:222:3
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at /Users/username/Documents/lab/project1/myapp/meteor/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:222:10
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at Array.forEach (native)
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at Function._.each._.forEach (/Users/username/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.hn2ytd++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/server-lib/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:79:11)
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at /Users/username/Documents/lab/project1/myapp/meteor/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:117:5

Here is my usage, even if I comment out my implementation and leave only the News.helper I still get an error.

News = new Mongo.Collection('news');
News.helpers({
    imageUrl: function() {
        var image = Images.find(this.image_id);
        return image.url({store:'images'});
    },
    thumbnailUrl: function() {
        var image = Images.find(this.image_id);
        return image.url({store:'thumbs'});
    }
});

Here is my package list, I saw in another issue that collectionFS might not work with this package?

accounts-password           1.1.1  Password support for accounts
accounts-ui                 1.1.5  Simple templates to add login widgets to...
aldeed:autoform             5.3.2  Easily create forms with automatic inser...
aldeed:collection2          2.3.3  Automatic validation of insert and updat...
cfs:ejson-file              0.1.4  CollectionFS, FS.File as EJSON type
cfs:filesystem              0.1.2  Filesystem storage adapter for CollectionFS
cfs:graphicsmagick          0.0.18  Adds `gm` to scope with the ability to ...
cfs:standard-packages       0.5.9  Filesystem for Meteor, collectionFS
dburles:collection-helpers  0.1.6* Collection helpers
fortawesome:fontawesome     4.3.0  Font Awesome (official): 500+ scalable v...
iron:router                 1.0.9  Routing specifically designed for Meteor
jquery                      1.11.3_2  Manipulate the DOM using CSS selectors
less                        1.0.14  The dynamic stylesheet language
meteor-platform             1.2.2  Include a standard set of Meteor package...
sacha:spin                  2.3.1  Simple spinner package for Meteor
underscore                  1.0.3  Collection of small helpers: _.map, _.ea...
zcurtis:uikit               2.21.2  UIKit repackaged for Meteor (from fork)

harin avatar Jul 29 '15 11:07 harin

Hey @harinsa somehow your project is using a very old version of collection-helpers.

dburles avatar Jul 29 '15 13:07 dburles

@dburles whoops, sorry about that, did not specify the version and somehow meteor gave me that version. Change to @1.0.3 and it works now.

harin avatar Jul 29 '15 14:07 harin

Hi, i am having the same problem :(

kidchenko avatar Sep 09 '15 04:09 kidchenko

we can't attach helpers to Meteor.users

crapthings avatar Oct 05 '15 15:10 crapthings

@crapthings Please elaborate, give some references. Thanks.

levino avatar Oct 05 '15 15:10 levino 

Meteor.users.helpers

    organization: ->
        Organizations.findOne @organizationId

ypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'helpers' W20151005-23:47:17.861(8)? (STDERR) at collections/users.coffee:1:14 W20151005-23:47:17.861(8)? (STDERR) at collections/users.coffee:1:1 W20151005-23:47:17.862(8)? (STDERR) at /Volumes/Data/dev/nexushubs/lawflow/mobile1/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:242:10 W20151005-23:47:17.862(8)? (STDERR) at Array.forEach (native) W20151005-23:47:17.862(8)? (STDERR) at Function..each..forEach (/Users/monsterstep/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.9.1mnd3gj++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/server-lib/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:79:11) W20151005-23:47:17.862(8)? (STDERR) at /Volumes/Data/dev/nexushubs/lawflow/mobile1/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:137:5

crapthings avatar Oct 05 '15 15:10 crapthings

@crapthings This is not how this works...

levino avatar Oct 05 '15 15:10 levino

FYI - this happens when you add any package which applies a _transform on the Meteor.users collection... for example it can be replicated very easily by adding both this package and https://github.com/copleykj/socialize-user-model/

$ grep -r '_transform' .meteor/local/build/programs/server/packages/

zeroasterisk avatar Jan 06 '16 16:01 zeroasterisk

Hey @zeroasterisk are you applying helpers to Meteor.users or Users?

dburles avatar Jan 07 '16 09:01 dburles

Though from glancing at the source code, it's unlikely that it wouldn't conflict with collection-helpers

dburles avatar Jan 07 '16 10:01 dburles

Well. I'm having the same kind of error, but not exactly with the same setup.

I can't use collection-helpers inside any packages. I have some local packages, one of them (app-core) declares a bunch of collections and helpers and export them for use by other local packages and the main app.

I'm getting `Object [object Object] has no method 'helpers'"

I tried api.use('dburles:collection-helpers') on the same package as the collections, on another package required by the app-core package and on the main app, but nothing works.

The only way to make it work is putting my collections.js in the main app and requiring dburles:collection-helpers from the main app too.

VitorHP avatar Feb 23 '16 02:02 VitorHP