Admin Packages

Both

admin-base

Global: Admin

admin-utils

Global: Admin.utils

Methods:

• Admin.utils.isAdmin(userId)

admin-users

Creates user / converts user to admin when specified in:

• env variables
• settings
• configured with AdminConfig

admin-config

Global: Admin.config

Methods:

• Admin.config(configObj) extends Admin._config which holds the json. Should probably be run in startup function
• Admin.addRoute(routeObj)
• ...

admin-zero-config

Gobal: Admin._zeroConfig

Generates a default config file for the user.

Should prepopulate with collections and generate schemas for these collections so that Admin can be used right out of the box.

Server

admin-methods

Adds CRUD meteor methods:

• admin.insert(collection, doc)
• admin.update(collection, docId, modifier)
• admin.remove(collection, docId)

admin-publish

Adds publish function for admins

• admin.find(collection, query)
• admin.findOne(collection, query/docId)

Client

admin-client-blaze

Add templates and blaze helpers.

Adds $AdminUtils as a helper.

Package vs. Repo vs. Generator

It should be easy to modify your admin dashboard. The easiest is having direct access to the code.

User should start by 1) Cloning a repo with a working app 2) Using a generator (see mantra)

This repo should contains the packages, giving the dev easy access.

It could even be the case that almost everything is in repo, giving the dev fuller control.

Schemas

Until a good solution for astronomy forms exists, we just support 1) No schemas 2) Collection 2

No schemas

We attempt to automatically generate schemas for the user. Work in progress.

Collection2

We generate forms via AutoForm

Setup

Minimal

meteor add admin-server
meteor add admin-client-blaze

Will generate AdminConfig automatically.

Basic

meteor add admin-server
meteor add admin-client-blaze

const configObj = {
  ...
};

Meteor.startup(() => {
  Admin.config(configObj)
})

API

In order to have a set of sweet add-on packages, an api must be exposed.

The API's functionality is to modify the config.

Methods:

Admin.addCrud(collection)
Admin.addSidebarLink(linkObj)
Admin.addRoute(routeObj)