I'm attempting to insert an API response into my mongo db, but it doesn't save the individual fields.
Input here
PlayersList.insert(Meteor.http.get("API CALL HERE"));
Here is the response from the call:
{"hnub": {
"id": 21098134,
"name": "Hnub",
"profileIconId": 20,
"revisionDate": 1428613578000,
"summonerLevel": 30
}}
Is there a simple way to do this cleanly saving all the fields?
You should do the inset into the callback not like that.
check the syntaxis HTTP.get(url, [callOptions], [asyncCallback])
Callback that is called when the request is completed. Required on the client.
from docs.
So try with.
Meteor.http.get(url,function(err,result){
if(!err){
PlayersList.insert({result})
}
})
Be sure you have $ meteor add http, if this don't work for some Access-Control-Allow-Origin policy use Meteor.method/Meteor.call
The response of an HTTP call is an object with content (String), data (JavaScript Object if it can be parsed as JSON), headers, and statusCode. I recommend that you run some code like this to see the actual response:
console.log(Meteor.HTTP.get("API CALL HERE"));
If it turns out that response includes parsed JSON under the data field, then you could accomplish what you want with:
PlayersList.insert(Meteor.HTTP.get("API CALL HERE").data);
Note, this synchronous way of making an API call will only work from the server. As @Ethaan points out, you'll need to use a callback to do it from the client and you'll have to overcome cross domain restrictions.
PlayersList.insert(Meteor.http.get("API CALL HERE")["hnub"]);?