REDCapR (version 1.4.0)

redcap_file_download_oneshot: Download a file from a REDCap project record

Description

This function uses REDCap's API to download a file.

Usage

redcap_file_download_oneshot(
  file_name = NULL,
  directory = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  redcap_uri,
  token,
  record,
  field,
  event = "",
  repeat_instance = NULL,
  verbose = TRUE,
  config_options = NULL,
  handle_httr = NULL
)

Value

Currently, a list is returned with the following elements,

• success: A boolean value indicating if the operation was apparently successful.

• status_code: The http status code of the operation.

• outcome_message: A human readable string indicating the operation's outcome.

• records_affected_count: The number of records inserted or updated.

• affected_ids: The subject IDs of the inserted or updated records.

• elapsed_seconds: The duration of the function.

• raw_text: If an operation is NOT successful, the text returned by REDCap. If an operation is successful, the raw_text is returned as an empty string to save RAM.

• file_name: The name of the file persisted to disk. This is useful if the name stored in REDCap is used (which is the default).

Arguments

file_name

The name of the file where the downloaded file is saved. If empty the original name of the file will be used and saved in the default directory. Optional.

directory

The directory where the file is saved. By default current directory. Optional

overwrite

Boolean value indicating if existing files should be overwritten. Optional

redcap_uri

The uri/url of the REDCap server typically formatted as "https://server.org/apps/redcap/api/". Required.

token

The user-specific string that serves as the password for a project. Required.

record

The record ID where the file is to be imported. Required

field

The name of the field where the file is saved in REDCap. Required

event

The name of the event where the file is saved in REDCap. Optional

repeat_instance

(only for projects with repeating instruments/events) The repeat instance number of the repeating event (if longitudinal) or the repeating instrument (if classic or longitudinal). Default value is '1'. Optional

verbose

A boolean value indicating if messages should be printed to the R console during the operation. Optional.

config_options

A list of options passed to httr::POST(). See details at httr::httr_options(). Optional.

handle_httr

The value passed to the handle parameter of httr::POST(). This is useful for only unconventional authentication approaches. It should be NULL for most institutions. Optional.

Author

Will Beasley, John J. Aponte

Details

For files in a repeating instrument, don't specify repeating_instrument. The server only needs field (name) and repeating_instance.

The function redcap_download_file_oneshot() is soft-deprecated as of REDCapR 1.2.0. Please rename to redcap_file_download_oneshot().

References

The official documentation can be found on the 'API Help Page' and 'API Examples' pages on the REDCap wiki (i.e., https://community.projectredcap.org/articles/456/api-documentation.html and https://community.projectredcap.org/articles/462/api-examples.html). If you do not have an account for the wiki, please ask your campus REDCap administrator to send you the static material.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
uri     <- "https://redcap-dev-2.ouhsc.edu/redcap/api/"
token   <- "F9CBFFF78C3D78F641BAE9623F6B7E6A" # simple-write
record  <- 1
field   <- "mugshot"
# event <- "" # only for longitudinal projects

result_1 <- REDCapR::redcap_file_download_oneshot(
  record        = record,
  field         = field,
  redcap_uri    = uri,
  token         = token
)
base::unlink("mugshot-1.jpg")

(full_name <- base::tempfile(pattern="mugshot", fileext = ".jpg"))
result_2   <- REDCapR::redcap_file_download_oneshot(
  file_name     = full_name,
  record        = record,
  field         = field,
  redcap_uri    = uri,
  token         = token
)
base::unlink(full_name)

(relative_name <- "ssss.jpg")
result_3 <- REDCapR::redcap_file_download_oneshot(
  file_name    = relative_name,
  record       = record,
  field        = field,
  redcap_uri   = uri,
  token        = token
)
base::unlink(relative_name)
}