Pass additional information to the server selector from the client

Is it possible to have a server side filter/selector that’s other than userId? I have the data stored in a Session, but not sure how to pass it back to the server for security other than the basic userId.

TabularTables.Books = new Tabular.Table({
  // other properties...
  selector: function( userId ) {
    return { documentOwner: userId }
  }
});

Ideally, it would be great if we can pass in the collection at the time of rendering the template, something like.

{{> tabular table=TabularTables.Books data=.}}

where . represents the the data array of elements passed by iron router.

[aldeed]

@allenfuller changeSelector function should work for you. See https://github.com/aldeed/meteor-tabular#modifying-the-selector

[Framnk]

Hi, I have a similar need to pass a parameter to the server-side publish for validation. I’m using the Roles package and I need to verify that a user has a certain role for a specific role group that I’d like to pass to the publish when subscribing. While I can check the roles for userId I don’t have enough information without being able to pass the role group I am checking for as well.