This package is not compatible with >=meteor@1.4.0 please remove to upgrade. Template level subscriptions are now avaliable as part of Blaze.

Add subscriptions per template, and integrate with a cache manager (subs-manager).

Setup

In order to have a template automatically subscribe on creation, set subscriptions to a function that returns an array of subscriptions to request.

Template.templateWithSubscriptions.subscriptions = function(){
  return [["TestSub"]];
};

to view the subscription status from a template

{{ subscriptionsReady }}

Cache Manager

A cache manager isn't required, if set though it will add to the cache manager when the template is destroyed, or subscriptions changed. You can set it per template

Template.templateWithSubscriptions.cacheManager = new SubsManager({
  cacheLimit: 10,
  expireIn: 5
});

or globally.

TemplateSubscriptions.cacheManager = new SubsManager({
  cacheLimit: 10,
  expireIn: 5
});

Small Demo

A small demo can be found here, and it's code here.

Issues

Stoping subscriptions on destroyed will result in stopping existing subscriptions before subs-manager picks it up. This results in all subscriptions happening twice.