Meteor, logging in with Facebook but accessing profile

Question

Please advise as the best way to handle the following situation:

I created a custom sign-up form with:

1. Firstname
2. Lastname
3. Email
4. Password
5. More

These are stored in the "Profile" array in the user account document.

I just tied in Facebook login to my app and it worked, however it stores things differently than I initially setup. I'm using handlebars helpers to display a users firstname, but Facebook info is stored as "name: full name"

What's the best way to deal with this?

So when a user creates an account using the meteor password system:

{{currentUser.profile.firstname}} <- works

But if they use Facebook it does not, becaues it's stored in "name" instead of firstname.

Just some ideas or best practices needed.

Thank you!

Answer 1

Use the Accounts.onCreateUser() callback on the server to normalize the user document before it's saved in the database.

http://docs.meteor.com/#accounts_oncreateuser