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dylan kane
dylan kane
2,772 Points
Posted by dylan kane
dylan kane
2,772 Points

meteor default accounts

I just started using meteor for a social media app I am working on, and I found out you can add user accounts simply using the console commands. Now I have that in my app, but I'm not sure how to access the information. For example, how would I link a profile page to a user as soon as they made an account? Any help would be great, thanks!

1 Answer

Iain Simmons
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points

It creates a collection in Mongo called users, and there are a few other variables that you can access to get information about the currently logged in user (user() and userId()).

Check out the Meteor documentation on Accounts and the Meteor Tutorial - Adding user accounts

Note that you will need to install some Meteor packages for it to all work correctly, but you also have the option of allowing registration/logins with third party accounts like Facebook, Twitter, GitHub, etc.