Exports a file from REDCap based on the specified record ID and field name.

If you do not specify a path, the data will be downloaded to a temporary folder which is deleted when your R session ends.

Usage

export_file_from_redcap(record_id, fieldname, path = NULL, api_url, api_token)

Arguments

record_id

String containing the unique identifier for the record in REDCap.

fieldname

Field name from which to export the file.

path

File path where the exported file will be saved.

api_url

String, URL to the REDCap API, should be specified in your personal config.R file

api_token

String, personal token for the REDCap API, should be specified in your personal config.R file

Value

filepath String, the filepath that the file was just saved to.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # file.exists(path.expand("~/.config.R"))
source(path.expand("~/.config.R"))
export_file_from_redcap(
  record_id = "1", fieldname = "wric_data",
  api_url = api_url, api_token = api_token
)
}