toontoet/autoform-picker

Meteor AutoForm plugin which allow to pick (or create new) document from given Mongo Collection.

AutoForm Picker

Meteor AutoForm widget which allow to pick (or create new) document from given Mongo Collection.

Motivation

We needed an AutoForm plugin which:

• would allow to select some value from given collection
• could work with big amount of data (e.g. 100 000 entries/docs)
• while filtering/searching, would transliterate search phrase
• would allow to create new document in DB right from widget

The closest solution at that time was aldeed:autoform-select2, but it's not good when you work with big amount of data (it's not good idea to subscribe for 100 000 docs and find/filter them on client. Also autoform-select2 not support possibility to create new document/enty in DB while filling form.

How does it work? (Features)

• Creates index of fields we will use to search/filter.
• Do filter/search on server and then send to client max 20 filtered results.
• Supports transliteration. E.g. allow search for Rīga by typing riga or Рига.
• Uses quickForm to create new entry into DB (you can also create own form template with autoForm if you need).

Usage manual

1. Install package: meteor add nous:autoform-picker (previously known as chompomonim:autoform-picker)

2. To get possibility to search on server (using some kind of index), you'll need to register your Collection:

// lib/collection.js
import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
import { Mongo } from 'meteor/mongo';
import { SimpleSchema } from 'meteor/aldeed:simple-schema';
import searchIn from 'meteor/nous:search-in';

/* This is optional. In case you use Colection transformations, we also support them.
export class ClientBase {
   get name() {
       return `${this.first_name} ${this.last_name}`
   }
   ...
}

export const Clients = new Mongo.Collection('clients', {
   transform: function(doc) {
       return _.extend(new ClientBase, doc)
   }
});
*/

export const Clients = new Mongo.Collection('clients');

// Your schema here

if (Meteor.isServer) {
 searchIn.register(Clients, function () {
   return {
     name: `${this.first_name} ${this.last_name}`,
     address: this.address,
     email: ((this.emails != null) ? this.emails : []).join(' ')
   }
 });
}

1. In your schema you should add toic-picker autoform type.

SomeSchema = new SimpleSchema({
  ...
  client_id: {
    type: String,
    regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id,
    autoform: {
      type: "toic-picker",
      afFieldInput: {
        collection: 'clients',           // Collection name
        choose: ()=> function () { return this.name }, // What you want to see as a item name/label of select results. Yes, it's function as a parametr for other function.
        class: ()=> ClientBase,          // (optional) Function which returns collection base.
        fields: ["name", "category_ids"] // (optional) If you'll use default template (quickForm), you can select which fielts do you need there.
      }
    }
  }
})
  ...

Example project: https://github.com/chompomonim/autoform-picker-example