Learn R Programming

redcapAPI (version 2.7.4)

exportFiles: Exports a File attached to a Record

Description

A single file from a single record is retrieved. The behavior of this function is consistent with the behavior of the API, which only allows one file to be downloaded at a time

Usage

exportFiles(rcon, record, field, event = NULL, dir, filePrefix = TRUE, ...)

# S3 method for redcapApiConnection exportFiles( rcon, record, field, event = NULL, dir, filePrefix = TRUE, repeat_instance = NULL, ..., error_handling = getOption("redcap_error_handling"), config = list(), api_param = list() )

Arguments

rcon

A REDCap connection object as generated by redcapConnection

record

The record ID in which the desired file is stored. Must be length 1.

field

The field name in which the file is stored. Must be length 1.

event

The event name for the file. Must be length 1. This applies only to longitudinal projects. If the event is not supplied for a longitudinal project, the API will return an error message

dir

A directory/folder to which the file will be saved. By default, the working directory is used

filePrefix

Logical. Determines if a prefix is appended to the file name. The prefix takes the form [record_id]-[event_name]-[file_name]. The file name is always the same name of the file as it exists in REDCap

...

Arguments to be passed to other methods

repeat_instance

The repeat instance number of the repeating event or the repeating instrument. When available in your instance of REDCap, and passed as NULL, the API will assume a value of 1.

error_handling

An option for how to handle errors returned by the API. see redcap_error

config

list Additional configuration parameters to pass to POST. These are appended to any parameters in rcon$config.

api_param

list Additional API parameters to pass into the body of the API call. This provides users to execute calls with options that may not otherwise be supported by redcapAPI.

REDCap API Documentation (6.5.0)

This method allows you to download a document that has been attached to an individual record for a File Upload field. Please note that this method may also be used for Signature fields (i.e. File Upload fields with "signature" validation type).

Note about export rights: Please be aware that Data Export user rights will be applied to this API request. For example, if you have "No Access" data export rights in the project, then the API file export will fail and return an error. And if you have "De-Identified" or "Remove all tagged Identifier fields" data export rights, then the API file export will fail and return an error *only if* the File Upload field has been tagged as an Identifier field. To make sure that your API request does not return an error, you should have "Full Data Set" export rights in the project.

REDCap Version

5.8.2+

Known REDCap Limitations

None

Author

Benjamin Nutter

Details

The function may only export a single file. See the examples for suggestions on exporting multiple files.

Note that the name of the file can not be changed. Whatever name exists in REDCap is the name that will be used, although the record ID and event name may be appended as a prefix

References

Please refer to your institution's API documentation.

Additional details on API parameters are found on the package wiki at https://github.com/vubiostat/redcapAPI/wiki/REDCap-API-Parameters