Call an asynchronous function and use its returned value from within a Meteor method using Future.

README.md

Resources:

• Future

AsynchronousFunctionWithinMeteorMethod.js

if(Meteor.isServer){

  Meteor.methods({
    myMeteorMethod: function() {
      // load Future
      Future = Npm.require('fibers/future');
      var myFuture = new Future();
      
      // call the function and store its result
      SomeAsynchronousFunction("foo", function (error,results){
        if(error){
          myFuture.throw(error);
        }else{
          myFuture.return(results);
        }
      });
  
      return myFuture.wait();
    }
  });

}

That "return myFuture.wait();" saved me from a lot of wasted time : ) Thanks. In many examples it's just "myFuture.wait()" and that way you can't return any value.