Simpleschema autoValue with this.userId

[timsun28]

Hi,

I'm implementing some unit tests for my Meteor methods and I'm running into the issue that I can't create a simple object with a factory. The reason for this is simpleschema trying to add this.userId as the author in my colletion.

I have the following set in my schema:

author: {
   type: String,
   autoValue: function () {
      if (this.isInsert) {
         return this.userId;
      }
   }
}

When running my tests I get the error that author has to be set, and even if I add it to the factory, the simpleschema will set it to undefined because this.userId is not set.

I initially thought of creating a user and login in as the user, but I haven't been able to get this working on the server side. Alternatively, I read something about replacing this.userId with a default value, but I'm not sure how to go and implement that. Would you have any suggestions on how to go ahead and solve this issue?

Thank you in advance!