I've got a simple CSV file with 40,000 rows which I'm processing browser-side with papa-parse.
I'm trying to insert them one-by-one into a collection using the techniques in Discover Meteor and other 101 posts I find when Googling.
40000 insert browser-side pretty quickly - but when I check mongo server side it's only got 387 records.
Eventually (usually after 20 seconds or so) it starts to insert server-side. But if I close or interrupt the browser, the already-inserted records disappear obviously.
How do I force inserts to go server-side, or at least monitor so I know when to notify the user of success?
I tried Tracker.flush() no difference.
I'd go server-side inserts in a Meteor.method, but all the server-side CSV libraries are more complex to operate than client-side (I'm a beginner to pretty much everything programming :)
Thanks!
This is the main part of my code (inside client folder):
Template.hello.events({
"submit form": function (event) {
event.preventDefault();
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function (event) {
var csv = Papa.parse(this.result, {header: true});
var count = 0;
_.forEach(csv.data, function (csvPerson) {
count++;
Person.insert(csvPerson);
console.log('Inserting: ' + count + ' -> ' + csvPerson.FirstName);
});
};
reader.readAsText(event.target[0].files[0]);
}
});
The last few lines of console output:
Inserting: 39997 -> Joan
Inserting: 39998 -> Sydnee
Inserting: 39999 -> Yael
Inserting: 40000 -> Kirk
The last few lines of CSV (random generated data):
Jescie,Ayala,27/10/82,"P.O. Box 289, 5336 Tristique Road",Dandenong,7903,VI,[email protected]
Joan,Petersen,01/09/61,299-1763 Aliquam Rd.,Sydney,1637,NS,[email protected]
Sydnee,Oliver,30/07/13,Ap #648-5619 Aliquam Av.,Albury,1084,NS,[email protected]
Yael,Barton,30/12/66,521 Auctor. Rd.,South Perth,2343,WA,[email protected]
Kirk,Camacho,25/09/08,"Ap #454-7701 A, Road",Stirling,3121,WA,[email protected]
The hello template is a simple form obviously, just file select and submit. Client code is under client directory. Person defined in a file in application root. CSV parsed as strings for now, to avoid complexity. The records inserted look fine, retrieve by name, whatever.
Person.find().count() browser-side in console results in 40000.
Happy to send the file, which is only 1.5MB and it's random data - not sensitive.
I think call() should work as follows:
On client side
And method on server side