Example of using Meteor.methods() and Meteor.call()

gistfile1.js

if (Meteor.is_client) {
  Template.hello.greeting = function () {
    return "Welcome to XYZ.";
  };

  Template.hello.events = {
    'click input' : function () {
      // template data, if any, is available in 'this'
      if (typeof console !== 'undefined')
        console.log("You pressed the button");
      console.log(Meteor.call('test', 1, function(e, r) {
        console.log('e', e);
        console.log('r', r);
      }));
    }
  };
}

if (Meteor.is_server) {
  Meteor.startup(function () {
    // code to run on server at startup
    Meteor.methods({
      test: function(arg) {
        console.log('test'+arg);
        return 'test'+arg;
      }
    });
  });
}

thanks

Thank you, this actually solved my problem! I didn't know that the Meteor.methods() had to be inside Meteor.startup(). Thank you!

This gist is really useful, but what if our template helper is meant to pass information back to the template to be rendered (not just logged in the console)?

@brunodb3 Methods don't have to be defined inside Meteor.startup():

Source: http://meteortips.com/first-meteor-tutorial/methods/