How should I run a REST API with Meteor?

Question

How should I run a REST API with Meteor?

I need the Meteor server to handle a very simple POST request not coming from the application client. With Express, I'd just do something like app.post('/something', function....

Is there an equivalent in Meteor? If not, how should I set this up, startup an Express server in a is_server context?

node.js
express
meteor

Answer 1

Meteor does not yet have the built in functionality to provide a restful API.

Answer 2

You can build basic routing into our application using Backbone, as in the Meteor example provided here: http://meteor.com/examples/todos

You can do something like this:

var AppRouter = Backbone.Router.extend({
  routes: {
    "": "dashboard",
    "home": "dashboard",
    "profile": "profile",
},

profile: function () {
    Session.set("current_view", "profile")
    this.navigate('profile', {trigger: true});
},

Also take a look at: Howto expose a Restful Web Service using Meteor

Answer 3

Alternatively you can serve RESTful APIs with Meteor using the meteor-collectionapi Atmosphere package. See also Is Meteor an option, if i need an additional REST API?.