User Update Page In Meteor

Question

Im trying to implement an user update page in my Meteor app. My router.js :

Router.route('/company/:_id/update/', {
  name: 'CompanyUpdate',
  data: function() { return Meteor.users.findOne(this.params._id);}
});

The URL I use is (ignore the polymer tags):

<paper-icon-button icon="perm-identity" onclick="location.href='{{pathFor 'CompanyUpdate' _id=userId}}'"></paper-icon-button>

When that URL is clicked, I get: http://localhost:3000/company/null/update . It takes me to the page but I cant get no information from the user's database. Not sure why I get a "null" in the url.

I am still learning meteor and would like someone to explain what is missing or doing wrong.

Answer 1

userId in your template in null. Try using the default {{currentUser}} template which calls Meteor.user() . So something like this should work:

<paper-icon-button icon="perm-identity" onclick="location.href='{{pathFor 'CompanyUpdate' _id=currentUser._id}}'"></paper-icon-button>

Answer 2

I have got help from the #meteor community. The answers came from use users: "pchoo" and "rpitt". Many thanks for the answer:

{{with currentUser}}
  <paper-icon-button icon="perm-identity" onclick="location.href='{{pathFor 'CompanyUpdate' _id=id}}'"></paper-icon-button>
{{/with}}

The above solved my issue.