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Posted by dylan kane
dylan kane
2,772 Points

Searching through mongodb database with meteor package "search-source" Not sure how to hook it up to my own code!

So I am making an app on meteor, and I have created a database with mongodb on it that contains games with attributes like name and genre. I now need to hook this up to a search bar so you can search a game name and it will get pulled from the database to click on. I found a pre-made meteor package that does this called search-source; link here:

https://meteorhacks.com/implementing-an-instant-search-solution-with-meteor

the directions and code on the site seem pretty straight forward, but I cant seem to hook it up to my own database! I established my database on the client js file like this:

GamesList = new Meteor.Collection('games');

That has been working great, but no matter where I plug it in to the code provided from meteorhacks.com it doesnt seem to come up with any results. Some pointers would be great, and if anyone needs to see more of my code to understand whats going on I will gladly post it for you. Thanks!

rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points

Hmm... I don't have much experience in this area, but I'd be happy to try and help you troubleshoot.

Unfortunately, that meteorhacks link doesn't seem to be working for me at the moment.

Could you post your code here? The easiest way would be to create a workspace, and post a workspace snapshot using the camera icon in the top right.