Insert to db from Meteor server not working

Question

I'm trying to run a simple script that will scrape some data using x-ray and insert it into my Events collection.

    if (Meteor.isServer) {
      var Xray = Meteor.npmRequire('x-ray');
      var xray = new Xray({
        version: "2.0.3"
      });

      xray('http://www.events12.com/seattle/january/', '.qq', [{
        title: '.title',
        date: '.date',
        link: 'a @href',
        allContent: '@html'
      }])(function(err, content) {

        for (var i = 0; i < content.length; i++) {
          (function() {

            console.log(i);

            var newEvent = {
              owner: 'me',
              name: content[i].title,
              date: content[i].date,
              url: content[i].link,
              createdAt: new Date(),
              description: 'none'
            };

            console.log(newEvent);

            Events.insert(newEvent, function(err, data) {
                console.log(err);
                console.log(data);
            });


          })();
        }
      });
    }

The callback from x-ray that takes in content has all the scraped data in an array of objects, each with several properties. When I try to insert this data into my Events collection, the for loop iterates once and then exits, but no error is shown. If I remove the Events.insert() the loop iterates all the way through.

What am I missing? What is the proper way to execute such a task?

Answer 1

The Events.insert() was being called outside of any Meteor fibers. Adding Meteor.bindEnvironment() and feeding the entire function in as a callback fixed this problem.