Override server methods [meteor]

[daithi-coombes]

Hi,
@dandv

I'm using the default setup and I need to override most of the server crud methods in the rubaxa:sortable meteor package, but I can't find the information. The reason is I have one collection items, with each record containing the dropAreaId and an order field:

item: {
    _id: 'xxxxxxxxx',
    title: 'string',
    dropAreaId: integer,
    order: integer
}

When I move an item from one droppable area to another I get a duplicate key _id error from mongo, also when I start adding items to more than one droppable area then the order fields start messing up.

So this leads me to see if I can override the default add & update methods on the server side but how would I go about this?

[daithi-coombes]

According to the wiki on this page: https://github.com/RubaXa/Sortable/wiki/Sortable-v1.0-%E2%80%94-New-capabilities (scroll to heading Methods for sorting acquisition and modification) - I think I should be able to overwrite the getter and setter methods, but is this not client side code? I've tried it on the server side but no joy...

//app/server/Sortable.js
'use strict'

Sortable.collections = ['items']
Sortable.create('items', {
    store: {
        get: function(sortable){
            //...
        }
    }
}

This returns:

TypeError: Object #<Object> has no method 'create'
    at app/server/Sortable.js:4:10
    at app/server/Sortable.js:12:3

[daithi-coombes]

came across a quick hack to override the package: https://medium.com/@jboulhous/overriding-meteor-packages-faaaf093091

noob to meteor and node in general but maybe a feature request for hooks for CRUD actions woudl be a good direction for this issue?

[RubaXa]

Dear all! Meteor is moved to the separate repository. If this issue is still actual, please create it there once again.

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