Populate dropdown based on logged in user created records - mongodb

Question

How do I populate a dropdown with records/documents created by the logged in user? I have a collection that many users can create schools. I want it to be that if a user that have created more than a school the dropdown should show populated with the number of schools. If it is only one, the _id of the school should just be passed to a hidden field.
This is the school collection:
if (Meteor.isServer) {
Meteor.methods({
SchoolRegister: function (newschoolname, newschoolmotto, newschholvision, sellschool, schooltype,
schoolfeerange, schoolcurriculum) {
if (!Meteor.userId()) {
throw new Meteor.Error('Not authorized', 'You must be logged in to add a new school!');
return false;
}else{
var regUsername = Meteor.user().username;
var year = new Date().getFullYear();
var month = new Date().getMonth() + 1;
var day = new Date().getDate();
var date = (month +"/" +day +"/" +year).toString();
var schoolId = NewSchoolDB.insert({
newschoolnamevar: newschoolname,
newschoolmottovar: newschoolmotto,
newschholvisionvar: newschholvision,
sellschoolvar: sellschool,
schooltypevar: schooltype,
schoolfeerangevar: schoolfeerange,
schoolcurriculumvar: schoolcurriculum,
createdAt: new Date(),
author: regUsername,
authorId: Meteor.userId()
});
return schoolId;
}
},
UserRecords: function () {
if (!Meteor.userId()) {
throw new Meteor.Error('Not authorized', 'You must be logged in to add a new school!');
return false;
}else{
//var UserDocuments = NewSchoolDB.find({authorId: Meteor.userId()}).count();
return NewSchoolDB.find({authorId: Meteor.userId()});
}
}
});
}
I'm using this to call the method:
Template.SchoolContactLayout.helpers({
UsersDocuments: function () {
return Meteor.call('UserRecords');
console.log(Meteor.call('UserRecords'));
}
});
This is the template file
{{# if UsersDocuments == 1 }}
<input type="hidden" name="schoolId" value="{{ UsersDocuments._id }}">
{{else}}
<div class="form-group">
<select class="form-control" name="schoolnames" id="schoolnames" required style="color: black; width: 100%; font-family: 'candara'">
<option value="{{UsersDocuments._id}}">{{UsersDocuments.newschoolnamevar}}</option>
</select>
</div>
{{/if}}
All in all, no error was returned and it did not work.

Answer 1

Meteor.call('UserRecords') is Async function you have to wait for it in a callback and use session instead.
Meteor.call('UserRecords', function(err,res){
// res will be your return value you can set your session here
});
or you can use package for example you can search atmosphere for reactive method