Vulcan/common/notifications.js

Meteor.methods({
	notify: function(event, properties, userToNotify, userDoingAction){
		// console.log('adding new notification for:'+getDisplayName(userToNotify)+', for event:'+event);
		// console.log(userToNotify);
		// console.log(userDoingAction);
		// console.log(properties);
		if(userToNotify._id!=userDoingAction._id){
			// make sure we don't notify people of their own actions
			var notification= {
				timestamp: new Date().getTime(),
				userId: userToNotify._id,
				event: event,
				properties: properties,
				read: false
			}
			var newNotificationId=Notifications.insert(notification);
		}
	},
	markNotificationAsRead: function(notificationId){
		Notifications.update(
			{_id: notificationId},
			{
				$set:{
					read: true
				}
			},
			function(error, result){
				if(error){
					console.log(error);
				}	
			}
		);	
	},
	markAllNotificationsAsRead: function(user){
		Notifications.update(
			{userId: user._id},
			{
				$set:{
					read: true
				}
			},
			{multi: true},
			function(error, result){
				if(error){
					console.log(error);
				}	
			}
		);	
	}
});