Searching

Searching with Meteor

With the help of the very excellent meteor-easy-search package, searching with Meteor is pretty simple.

• Install meteor easy search meteor add matteodem:easy-search
• On the client and server:

//Replace Cats with your collection name
Cats = new Mongo.Collection('cats');

//Argument is array of fields to search for
Cats.initEasySearch(['furColor', 'name']);

• Add this template to your HTML and display it somewhere

<template name="searchBox">
    <!--replace index="cats" with the name of your collection-->
  {{> esInput index="cats" placeholder="Search..." }}

    <ul>
      {{#esEach index="cats"}}
          <!--replace cat with the name of your template-->
          {{> cat}}
        <br/>
      {{/esEach}}
    </ul>
</template>

That's it! Your application now supports Mongo text searching. Here is an example application using this method.

See the easy search docs for more information.