How do I wait in onBeforeAction for the user to be recognized?

Question

I am logged into my website with accounts-facebook. When I load a page, onBeforeAction is called, and Meteor.user() is undefined. It loads the login template, and I see it briefly. Then onBeforeAction is re-run, and Meteor.user() is an object, and a different template is loaded. How do I either:

• wait in onBeforeAction until the user is recognized
• have onBeforeAction called after the user is recognized

Answer 1

You should use fast-render package. It makes Meteor.user() to be populated from the start. Simply run:

mrt add fast-render

Check out this detailed article on how it works.