remote-collection.js

RemoteCollection = function(name, connectionString, connectionOptions) {
  if (Meteor.isClient) {
    return new Mongo.Collection(name);
  }
  if (Meteor.isServer) {
    if (connectionString.substr(0, 10) !== 'mongodb://') {
      // Assume environment variable
      connectionString = process.env[connectionString];
      if (!connectionString) throw new Error('Please either pass a MongoDB URI or name of an existing environment variable');
    }
    if (typeof connectionOptions === 'string' || connectionOptions instanceof String) {
      // Assume environment variable with OPLOG URL
      connectionOptions = { oplogUrl: process.env[connectionOptions] };
    }
    return new Mongo.Collection(name, {
      _driver: new MongoInternals.RemoteCollectionDriver(connectionString, connectionOptions)
    });
  }
};