loadMeteorCSV.js

fs = Meteor.require('fs');
Future = Meteor.require('fibers/future');

Meteor.methods({
  loadCSV: function() {
    console.log('loadCSV called');
    // Set up a future for the current job
    var future = new Future();
    //array of data to return to client
    var assetsList = []; 
    
    //Make async fs call
    fs.readFile('./public/assetNames.csv', 'utf8', function(err, data) {
      if (err) {
        console.log('load error: ',err);
      } else {
        data = data.split(/\n/);
        //console.log(data, 'read complete');
        for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
          var asset = data[i].split(/,/);
          
          asset[1] = asset[1].replace(/\"/g,'');
          if(!(asset[1].match(/\w+.png$/))) asset[1] += '.png';
          
          var assetType = asset[1].match(/[^Actor](.*?)(?=_)/)[0];


          console.log('image: ' + asset[1], 'handle: ' + asset[0], 'type: ' + assetType);
          
          assetsList.push([asset[0],asset[1],assetType]);
        }
      }
      console.log('in readFile:', assetsList);
      future.ret(assetsList);
    });
    
    // Return the future
    return future.wait();
  } //end loadCSV
});