Vulcan/server/publications.js

var privacyOptions = { // false means private
  secret_id: false,
  isAdmin: false,
  emails: false,
  notifications: false,
  'profile.email': false,
  'services.twitter.accessToken': false,
  'services.twitter.accessTokenSecret': false,
  'services.twitter.id': false,
  'services.password': false,
  'services.resume': false
};

// Users

Meteor.publish('currentUser', function() {
  return Meteor.users.find(this.userId);
});

Meteor.publish('singleUser', function(userIdOrSlug) {
  var options = isAdminById(this.userId) ? {limit: 1} : {limit: 1, fields: privacyOptions};
  var findById = Meteor.users.find(userIdOrSlug, options);
  var findBySlug = Meteor.users.find({'profile.slug': userIdOrSlug}, options)
  // if we find something when treating the argument as an ID, return that; else assume it's a slug
  return findById.count() ? findById : findBySlug;
});

Meteor.publish('postUsers', function(postId) {
  // publish post author and post commenters
  var post = Posts.findOne(postId);
  var comments = Comments.find({post: post._id}).fetch();
  // get IDs from all commenters on the post, plus post author's ID
  var users = _.pluck(comments, "userId");
  users.push(post.userId);
  users = _.unique(users);
  return Meteor.users.find({_id: {$in: users}}); 
});

Meteor.publish('allUsers', function() {
  if (isAdminById(this.userId)) {
    // if user is admin, publish all fields
    return Meteor.users.find();
  }else{
    // else, filter out sensitive info
    return Meteor.users.find({}, {fields: userFieldsPrivacy});
  }
});

// Posts

// a single post, identified by id
Meteor.publish('singlePost', function(id) {
  return Posts.find(id);
});

Meteor.publish('paginatedPosts', function(find, options, limit) {
  options = options || {};
  options.limit = limit;
  return Posts.find(find || {}, options);
});

Meteor.publish('postDigest', function(date) {
  var mDate = moment(date);
  return findDigestPosts(mDate);
});

// Other Publications

Meteor.publish('comments', function(postId) {
  return Comments.find({post: postId});
});

Meteor.publish('singleComment', function(commentId) {
  return Comments.find(commentId);
});

Meteor.publish('settings', function() {
  return Settings.find();
});

Meteor.publish('notifications', function() {
  // only publish notifications belonging to the current user
  return Notifications.find({userId:this.userId});
});

Meteor.publish('categories', function() {
  return Categories.find();
});