Meteor Methods
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answers
answers.add
Adds a user’s answers to a survey to the collection
Input:
surveyId: ID of Survey
surveyAnswers: Array with answers to the survey
archive
archive.article.add
Add an article to the Favourites List of the current user
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
archive.article.remove
Remove an article from the Favourites List of the current user
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
articleLikes/articleTotalLikes
articleLikes.insert
Adds a statement of the current user for a particular article
Adds the likes to the total likes of all users participating in the experiment
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
articleQuestionId: Id of statement
experimentId: Id of the experiment the user participates in
articleLikes.remove
Removes a statement like from the current user for a particular article
Subtracts the likes from the total likes of all users participating in the experiment
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
articleQuestionId: Id of statement
experimentId: Id of the experiment the user participates in
articleDislikes.insert
Adds a statement of dislike from the current user for a particular article
Adds the dislike to the total dislikes of all users participating in the experiment
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
articleQuestionId: Id of statement
experimentId: Id of the experiment the user participates in
articleDislikes.remove
Removes a statement dislike from the current user for a particular article
Subtracts the dislike from the total dislikes of all users participating in the experiment
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
articleQuestionId: Id of statement
experimentId: Id of the experiment the user participates in
articles
newsArticles.bookmark.update
Toggles the bookmark state of an article for a user
Cycles between in readingList and not in readingList
Uses methods _readingList.article.remove_ and _readingList.article.add_
Input:
articleId: Id of the article
newsArticles.favourite.update
Toggles the favourite state of an article for a user
Cycles between in favouritesList and not in favouritesList
Uses methods _archive.article.remove_ and _archive.article.add_
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
articleViews
articleViews.add
Adds an additional article view for the current user
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
articleViews.duration.update
Adds time to the view duration of a particular article for the current user
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
articleViews.maxScrolledContent.update
Updates how much a user has scrolled down in a particular article, keeping the max value
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
maxScrolledContent: A value between 0 and 1, showing how much of the article content has been seen by the user
experiments
experiments.create
Creates a new experiment and assigns the new experiment to the user (who now owns the experiment)
Input:
name: name of new experiment
experiments.remove
Deletes and experiments from the database
Input:
experimentId: ID of the experiment to remove
experiments.update
Updates the name and launch status of an experiment
Input:
experiment: experiment object
experiments.launch
Launches an experiment (meaning some configurations cannot be changed anymore)
Input:
experimentId: ID of the experiment
experiments.likeSurvey.update
Updates the likeSurvey (now known as ‘statements’, shown after each article) of an experiment
Input:
experimentId: ID of the experiment the likeSurvey belongs to
likeSurvey: likeSurvey object
experiments.likeSurvey.remove
Removes the likeSurvey (statements) of an experiment
Input:
experimentId: ID of the experiment the likeSurvey belongs to
experiments.addUsers
Adds additional users to an experiment
Input:
experimentId: ID of the experiment
amount: Number of new users
userGroup: Subgroup the users will be assigned
explanationViews
explanationViews.insert
Adds a record in the database if a user has viewed the detailed recommendation explanations for an article
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
pageViews
pageViews.add
Adds a page view of an article for a particular user
Uses methods _articleViews.add_ and _articleViews.duration.update_
Input:
page: name of page
previousPage: name of previous page
currentParameters: navigation parameters of the current page
prevParameters: navigation parameters of the previous page
podcastAnalytics
podcastAnalytics.insert
Adds a record to the database of the type of action a user has performed when using the Audio player (including MiniPlayer)
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
action: type of action performed by the user
podcastTimestamp: time in the audio player at which the action was performed
readingList
readingList.article.add
Add an article to the Reading List of the current user
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
readingList.article.remove
Remove an article from the Reading List of the current user
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
signins
signins.add
Add a sign-in log entry for the current user
surveys
surveys.create
Create a new survey
Input:
surveyName: Name of new survey
experimentId: ID of the experiment the survey should belong to
surveys.delete
Deletes a survey
Input:
surveyId: Id of survey
surveys.update
Updates the activity status of a particular survey
Input:
surveyId: Id of survey
isActive: New active value
surveys.questions.update
Updates the questions of a survey
Input:
surveyId: Id of survey
surveyQuestions: Array of questions
users (default Meteor collection)
user.sendVerificationMail
Sends a verification email to the current user
user.surveys.reset
Removes any answers to surveys for the current user
user.remove
Deletes a specific user from the collection users
Input:
userId: ID of the user
user.savePushToken
Adds a notification token for the particular user in the database
Input:
userId: ID of the user
pushToken: Notification token
videoAnalytics
videoAnalytics.insert
Adds a record to the database of the type of action a user has performed when using the Video player
Input:
articleId: ID of the article
action: type of action performed by the user
videoTimestamp: time in the video player at which the action was performed