How to make an API call using meteor

To defining and your checkTwitter Meteor.method inside a client-scoped block. Because you cannot call cross domain from the client unless using jsonp, you have to put this block in a Meteor.isServer block.

As an a side, per the documentation, the client side Meteor.method of your checkTwitter function is nearely a stub of a server-side method. You need to check out the documentss for a full explanation of how server-side and client-side Meteor.methods work together.

For Example code:

if (Meteor.isServer) {
  Meteor.methods({
    checkTwitter: function () {
      this.unblock();
      return Meteor.http.call("GET", "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=perkytweets");
    }
  });
}
 
//invoke the server method
if (Meteor.isClient) {
  Meteor.call("checkTwitter", function(error, results) {
    console.log(results.content); //results.data should be a JSON object
  });
}

You must seem rudimentary – but the HTTP package does not come by default in your Meteor project and requires that you install it a la carte.

On the command line either:

1. Just Meteor:
   meteor add http
2. Meteorite:
   mrt add http

You see the below link and get the meteor documents:

Meteor HTTP Docs

The Meteor.http.get on the client is asynchronous, so you need to provide a callback function :

Meteor.http.call("GET",url,function(error,result){
  console.log(result.statusCode);
});