How to make an API call using meteor

You are defining 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 aside, per the documentation, the client side Meteor.method of your checkTwitter function is merely a stub of a server-side method. You'll want to check out the docs for a full explanation of how server-side and client-side Meteor.methods work together.

Here is a working example of the http call:

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 methodif (Meteor.isClient) {    Meteor.call("checkTwitter", function(error, results) {        console.log(results.content); //results.data should be a JSON object    });}

This might 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

Meteor HTTP Docs

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

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