Meteor.users.helpers not defined

[JimHough]

Hi,

I'm trying to use this package to link to another document on the users collection. Its throwing an error at the line 'Meteor.users.helpers({....});' It does this on a freshly created meteor project version 1.0.3.2 Any ideas what it could be?

Thanks

[dburles]

Hey @JimHough what's the error message you saw?

[ghost]

Same problem here. I installed latest windows preview release from https://github.com/meteor/meteor/wiki/Preview-of-Meteor-on-Windows

When I start the app - I get this error:

W20150306-15:24:50.920(5.5)? (STDERR)
W20150306-15:24:50.922(5.5)? (STDERR) C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.0-winr.12\mt-os.windows.x86_32\dev_bundle\server-lib\node_modules\fibers\future.js:245
W20150306-15:24:50.922(5.5)? (STDERR)                                           throw(ex);
W20150306-15:24:50.922(5.5)? (STDERR)                                                 ^
W20150306-15:24:50.922(5.5)? (STDERR) TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'helpers'
W20150306-15:24:50.922(5.5)? (STDERR)     at app\collections\users.js:3:14
W20150306-15:24:50.922(5.5)? (STDERR)     at app\collections\users.js:10:3
W20150306-15:24:50.923(5.5)? (STDERR)     at D:\code\apps\dummyapp\dummyapp\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:222:10
W20150306-15:24:50.923(5.5)? (STDERR)     at Array.forEach (native)
W20150306-15:24:50.923(5.5)? (STDERR)     at Function._.each._.forEach (C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.0-winr.12\mt-os.windows.x86_32\dev_bundle\server-lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:79:11)
W20150306-15:24:50.923(5.5)? (STDERR)     at D:\code\apps\dummyapp\dummyapp\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:117:5
W20150306-15:24:56.408(5.5)? (STDERR)
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR) C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.0-winr.12\mt-os.windows.x86_32\dev_bundle\server-lib\node_modules\fibers\future.js:245
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR)                                           throw(ex);
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR)                                                 ^
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR) TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'helpers'
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR)     at app\collections\users.js:3:14
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR)     at app\collections\users.js:10:3
W20150306-15:24:56.409(5.5)? (STDERR)     at D:\code\apps\dummyapp\dummyapp\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:222:10
W20150306-15:24:56.410(5.5)? (STDERR)     at Array.forEach (native)
W20150306-15:24:56.410(5.5)? (STDERR)     at Function._.each._.forEach (C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.0-winr.12\mt-os.windows.x86_32\dev_bundle\server-lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:79:11)
W20150306-15:24:56.410(5.5)? (STDERR)     at D:\code\apps\dummyapp\dummyapp\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:117:5
=> Exited with code: 8
W20150306-15:25:01.627(5.5)? (STDERR)
W20150306-15:25:01.627(5.5)? (STDERR) C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.0-winr.12\mt-os.windows.x86_32\dev_bundle\server-lib\node_modules\fibers\future.js:245
W20150306-15:25:01.628(5.5)? (STDERR)                                                 ^
W20150306-15:25:01.628(5.5)? (STDERR) TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'helpers'
W20150306-15:25:01.628(5.5)? (STDERR)     at app\collections\users.js:3:14
W20150306-15:25:01.629(5.5)? (STDERR)     at app\collections\users.js:10:3
W20150306-15:25:01.629(5.5)? (STDERR)     at D:\code\apps\dummyapp\dummyapp\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:222:10
W20150306-15:25:01.629(5.5)? (STDERR)     at Array.forEach (native)
W20150306-15:25:01.629(5.5)? (STDERR)     at Function._.each._.forEach (C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.0-winr.12\mt-os.windows.x86_32\dev_bundle\server-lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:79:11)
W20150306-15:25:01.628(5.5)? (STDERR)                                           throw(ex);
W20150306-15:25:01.630(5.5)? (STDERR)     at D:\code\apps\dummyapp\dummyapp\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:117:5
=> Exited with code: 8
=> Your application is crashing. Waiting for file change.

I wrote the following code in users.js

Meteor.users.helpers({ some code here });

[dburles]

Does it work okay on other collections?

[ghost]

Actually, I am using the package on users collections only. Let me check.

EDIT: Yes. the package is working on other collections. I think the problem is with users at the moment.

[levino]

I have the same when updating meteor. Actually had the issue for quite a time. It could have to do with the need to go from Meteor.collection to Mongo.collection but this is just an educated guess.

[dburles]

I wonder if this current bug is windows specific, @JimHough are you running Meteor on windows by any chance?

[levino]

@dburles using Ubuntu 14.04. Not working on any of my three systems (all Ubuntu 14.04)

[JimHough]

I am also running on Ubuntu 14.04. It seems as though the helpers prototype is not applied or is deleted from the users collection.

[levino]

@dburles Will you be able to work on this in the foreseeable future?

[levino]

I made the warning go away by doing:

var Users = Meteor.users;

Users.helpers({});

This was quite helpful: https://github.com/ongoworks/meteor-security/issues/5

Can the others confirm that they are also using collection-behaviours?

[dburles]

@JimHough tried this project today on Ubuntu 14.04 and couldn't reproduce your error, are you sure that the issue isn't caused by a package conflict like @Levino ?

[AlexFrazer]

Having problems meself with this

[dburles]

@AlexFrazer any further info you may have, such as system etc would be super useful thanks!

[AlexFrazer]

@dburles, I am sorry, it seemed this was a result of pub/sub. My solution was to put it in a null publication.

Meteor.publish(null, function () {
  return Meteor.users.find({
    _id: this.userId
  }, {
    fields: {
      services: false
    }
  });
}, { is_auto: true });

[dougserfass]

I am getting another error related to Meteor.users.helpers. While the exception is generated by your code, the error is not caused by your code. I inherited this project and am getting the error Error: [Can't apply helpers to 'users' a transform function already exists!] when I try to implement Meteor.users.helpers for kaoskeya:admin kaoskeya:accounts-autoform-admin Have searched my app and cannot locate a duplicate of Meteor.users.helpers. Any suggestions as to how to fix this problem? Thanks.

[dougserfass]

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[dburles]

@dougserfass it appears as though another package has added a transform function to the Meteor.users collection.

[dougserfass]

as you can see from meteor list, i inherited a lot of added packages in this project i am working with kaoskeya to try to identify the package with the transform function do you know of any easy way to determine which package contains the transform function?

[harin]

I am getting the same error

W20150729-18:44:26.862(7)? (STDERR) /Users/username/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.hn2ytd++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/server-lib/node_modules/fibers/future.js:245
W20150729-18:44:26.862(7)? (STDERR)                         throw(ex);
W20150729-18:44:26.862(7)? (STDERR)                               ^
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR) TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'helpers'
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at RouteController.extend.layoutTemplate (packages/me:post/collections/news.js:2:1)
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at /Users/username/Documents/lab/project1/myapp/meteor/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/packages/me_post.js:161:4
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at /Users/username/Documents/lab/project1/myapp/meteor/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/packages/me_post.js:222:3
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at /Users/username/Documents/lab/project1/myapp/meteor/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:222:10
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at Array.forEach (native)
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at Function._.each._.forEach (/Users/username/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.hn2ytd++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/server-lib/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:79:11)
W20150729-18:44:26.867(7)? (STDERR)     at /Users/username/Documents/lab/project1/myapp/meteor/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:117:5

Here is my usage, even if I comment out my implementation and leave only the News.helper I still get an error.

News = new Mongo.Collection('news');
News.helpers({
    imageUrl: function() {
        var image = Images.find(this.image_id);
        return image.url({store:'images'});
    },
    thumbnailUrl: function() {
        var image = Images.find(this.image_id);
        return image.url({store:'thumbs'});
    }
});

Here is my package list, I saw in another issue that collectionFS might not work with this package?

accounts-password           1.1.1  Password support for accounts
accounts-ui                 1.1.5  Simple templates to add login widgets to...
aldeed:autoform             5.3.2  Easily create forms with automatic inser...
aldeed:collection2          2.3.3  Automatic validation of insert and updat...
cfs:ejson-file              0.1.4  CollectionFS, FS.File as EJSON type
cfs:filesystem              0.1.2  Filesystem storage adapter for CollectionFS
cfs:graphicsmagick          0.0.18  Adds `gm` to scope with the ability to ...
cfs:standard-packages       0.5.9  Filesystem for Meteor, collectionFS
dburles:collection-helpers  0.1.6* Collection helpers
fortawesome:fontawesome     4.3.0  Font Awesome (official): 500+ scalable v...
iron:router                 1.0.9  Routing specifically designed for Meteor
jquery                      1.11.3_2  Manipulate the DOM using CSS selectors
less                        1.0.14  The dynamic stylesheet language
meteor-platform             1.2.2  Include a standard set of Meteor package...
sacha:spin                  2.3.1  Simple spinner package for Meteor
underscore                  1.0.3  Collection of small helpers: _.map, _.ea...
zcurtis:uikit               2.21.2  UIKit repackaged for Meteor (from fork)

[dburles]

Hey @harinsa somehow your project is using a very old version of collection-helpers.

[harin]

@dburles whoops, sorry about that, did not specify the version and somehow meteor gave me that version. Change to @1.0.3 and it works now.

[kidchenko]

Hi, i am having the same problem :(

[crapthings]

we can't attach helpers to Meteor.users

[levino]

@crapthings Please elaborate, give some references. Thanks.

[crapthings]

Meteor.users.helpers

    organization: ->
        Organizations.findOne @organizationId

ypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'helpers' W20151005-23:47:17.861(8)? (STDERR) at collections/users.coffee:1:14 W20151005-23:47:17.861(8)? (STDERR) at collections/users.coffee:1:1 W20151005-23:47:17.862(8)? (STDERR) at /Volumes/Data/dev/nexushubs/lawflow/mobile1/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:242:10 W20151005-23:47:17.862(8)? (STDERR) at Array.forEach (native) W20151005-23:47:17.862(8)? (STDERR) at Function..each..forEach (/Users/monsterstep/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.9.1mnd3gj++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/server-lib/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:79:11) W20151005-23:47:17.862(8)? (STDERR) at /Volumes/Data/dev/nexushubs/lawflow/mobile1/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:137:5

[levino]

@crapthings This is not how this works...

[zeroasterisk]

FYI - this happens when you add any package which applies a _transform on the Meteor.users collection... for example it can be replicated very easily by adding both this package and https://github.com/copleykj/socialize-user-model/

$ grep -r '_transform' .meteor/local/build/programs/server/packages/

[dburles]

Hey @zeroasterisk are you applying helpers to Meteor.users or Users?

[dburles]

Though from glancing at the source code, it's unlikely that it wouldn't conflict with collection-helpers

[VitorHP]

Well. I'm having the same kind of error, but not exactly with the same setup.

I can't use collection-helpers inside any packages. I have some local packages, one of them (app-core) declares a bunch of collections and helpers and export them for use by other local packages and the main app.

I'm getting `Object [object Object] has no method 'helpers'"

I tried api.use('dburles:collection-helpers') on the same package as the collections, on another package required by the app-core package and on the main app, but nothing works.

The only way to make it work is putting my collections.js in the main app and requiring dburles:collection-helpers from the main app too.

[dburles]

@VitorHP it should work alright, I'm pretty sure telescope does exactly that, maybe take a look at the source?

[VitorHP]

@dburles Alright! For some reason I was getting a very old version of the lib. When I specified the right version, it started to work again.

Probably my fault, since I started learning Meteor just these days.

Thank you very much for the help!

[in0ni]

I am having a similar issue using the TAPi18n-db package. Is there any workaround?

Error thrown is from here: https://github.com/dburles/meteor-collection-helpers/blob/master/collection-helpers.js#L5

[dburles]

@in0ni Unfortunately that package isn't compatible with collection-helpers, I see you have opened an issue over there, hopefully it can be resolved

[crapthings]

if u have package that doesn't compatible with collection-helpers

try change the order of package

Meteor.users.helpers undefined

mikowals:batch-insert dburles:collection-helpers

working

dburles:collection-helpers mikowals:batch-insert

[medisoft]

Hello! I'm having the same problem as this error

server/collections/sources.ts (21, 20): Property 'helpers' does not exist on type 'Collection<Source>'.
server/collections/users.ts (6, 14): Property 'helpers' does not exist on type 'Collection<User>'.

I have version 1.1.0 of collection-helpers

Meteor runs after that alerts, and in meteor shell I can access the helpers, but it is annoying to see that warnings/errors

Any way to add a property called helpers to that type?

Thanks!

[medisoft]

Ok, I made it work.

I installed the meteor typings from this url https://github.com/meteor-typings/meteor

Then changed the meteor typing in typings/globals/meteor/index.d.ts

search for interface Collection<T> { and at the end of that interface add something like this

helpers(helpers: any): any;

Then everything worked without the warning.

I suppose the dburles:collection-helprs should add the typings, but I don't know how to do that