R/importFiles.R

Defines functions importFiles.redcapApiConnection importFiles

Documented in importFiles importFiles.redcapApiConnection

#' @describeIn fileMethods Import a file to a REDCap project.
#' @order 2
#' @export

importFiles <- function(rcon,
                        file,
                        record,
                        field,
                        event,
                        overwrite       = TRUE,
                        repeat_instance = NULL,
                        ...){
  UseMethod("importFiles")
}

#' @rdname fileMethods
#' @order 5
#' @export

importFiles.redcapApiConnection <- function(rcon,
                                            file,
                                            record,
                                            field,
                                            event           = NULL,
                                            overwrite       = TRUE,
                                            repeat_instance = NULL,
                                            ...)
{
  if (is.numeric(record)) record <- as.character(record)

   ##################################################################
  # Argument Validation

  coll <- checkmate::makeAssertCollection()

  checkmate::assert_class(x = rcon,
                          classes = "redcapApiConnection",
                          add = coll)

  checkmate::assert_character(x = file,
                              len = 1,
                              any.missing = FALSE,
                              add = coll)

  checkmate::assert_character(x = record,
                              len = 1,
                              any.missing = FALSE,
                              add = coll)

  checkmate::assert_character(x = field,
                              len = 1,
                              any.missing = FALSE,
                              add = coll)

  checkmate::assert_character(x = event,
                              len = 1,
                              any.missing = FALSE,
                              null.ok = TRUE,
                              add = coll)

  checkmate::assert_logical(x = overwrite,
                            len = 1,
                            any.missing = FALSE,
                            add = coll)

  checkmate::assert_integerish(x = repeat_instance,
                               len = 1,
                               any.missing = FALSE,
                               null.ok = TRUE,
                               add = coll)

  checkmate::reportAssertions(coll)

  checkmate::assert_file_exists(x = file,
                                add = coll)

  # make sure 'field' exists in the project and are 'file' fields
  MetaData <- rcon$metadata()

  if (!field %in% MetaData$field_name)
    coll$push(paste("'", field, "' does not exist in the project.", sep=""))

  if (MetaData$field_type[MetaData$field_name == field] != "file")
    coll$push(paste0("'", field, "' is not of field type 'file'"))

  # make sure 'event' exists in the project

  is_project_longitudinal <- as.logical(rcon$projectInformation()$is_longitudinal)

  if (is_project_longitudinal)
  {
    EventsList <- rcon$events()

    if (nrow(EventsList) == 0)
    {
      logMessage("No events defined in this project. Ignoring the 'event' argument.")
      event <- NULL
    } else {
      checkmate::assert_subset(x = event,
                               choices = EventsList$unique_event_name,
                               add = coll)
      checkmate::reportAssertions(coll)
    }
  } else {
    event <- NULL
  }

  if (!overwrite)
  {
    fileThere <- exportRecordsTyped(rcon,
                                    records = record,
                                    fields = c(MetaData$field_name[1], field),
                                    events = event)
    if (nrow(fileThere) > 0 && length(repeat_instance) > 0){
      fileThere <- fileThere[fileThere$redcap_repeat_instance %in% repeat_instance, ]
    }

    if (nrow(fileThere) > 0 && !any(is.na(fileThere[[field]])))
      coll$push("A file exists and overwrite = FALSE")
  }

  checkmate::reportAssertions(coll)

   ###########################################################################
  # Build the body list

  body <- list(content = 'file',
               action = 'import',
               record = record,
               field = field,
               file = .curlUploadFile(file),
               returnFormat = 'csv',
               event = event,
               repeat_instance = repeat_instance)

   ###########################################################################
  # Make the API Call
  response <- makeApiCall(rcon, body, ...)

  invisible(response$status_code == 200L)
}

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