AutoForm.addInputType("bootstrap-postthumbnail", { template: "afPostThumbnail" }); Template.afPostThumbnail.helpers({ atts: function addFormControlAtts() { var atts = _.clone(this.atts); // Add bootstrap class atts = AutoForm.Utility.addClass(atts, "form-control"); return atts; } }); Template.afPostThumbnail.rendered = function () { var $img = this.$('.post-thumbnail-preview'); var $thumbnailUrlField = this.$('[name="thumbnailUrl"]'); // note: the following fields are *not* in the current template var $urlField = $('[name="url"]'); var $titleField = $('[name="title"]'); var $bodyField = $('[name="body"]'); $urlField.change(function (e) { var url = $urlField.val(); if (!!url) { Meteor.call('getEmbedlyData', url, function (error, data) { if (data) { $img.attr('src', data.thumbnailUrl); $thumbnailUrlField.val(data.thumbnailUrl); $titleField.val(data.title); $bodyField.val(data.description); } }); } }); }