gistfile1.txt

Meteor.publish('subredditSearch', function(subreddit) {
    var self = this;

    try {
        var response = HTTP.get('http://reddit.com/r/' + subreddit + '.json');

        _.each(response.data.data.children, function(item) {
            var data = item.data;
            var len = 200;

            var post = {
                id: data.id,
                url: data.url,
                domain: data.domain,
                comment_count: data.num_comments,
                permalink: data.permalink,
                title: data.title,
                selftext: false,
                thumbnail: false
            };

            if (data.selftext != "") {
                post.selftext = data.selftext.substr(0, len)
            }

            if (data.thumbnail != "self" && Meteor.call('isUrl', data.thumbnail)) {
                post.thumbnail = data.thumbnail
            }

            self.added('posts', Random.id(), post);
        });

        self.ready();
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error);
    }
});

Meteor.methods({ 
    isUrl: function(url) {
        if (url.indexOf('http') > -1) { return true; }
        return false;
    }
});