#' @title
#' Upload a file into to a REDCap project record
#'
#' @aliases
#' redcap_file_upload_oneshot redcap_upload_file_oneshot
#'
#' @description
#' This function uses REDCap's API to upload a file.
#'
#' @param file_name The name of the relative or full file to be uploaded into
#' the REDCap project. Required.
#' @param redcap_uri The
#' [uri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier)/url
#' of the REDCap server
#' typically formatted as "https://server.org/apps/redcap/api/".
#' Required.
#' @param token The user-specific string that serves as the password for a
#' project. Required.
#' @param record The record ID where the file is to be imported. Required
#' @param field The name of the field where the file is saved in REDCap.
#' Required
#' @param event The name of the event where the file is saved in REDCap.
#' Optional
#' @param verbose A boolean value indicating if `message`s should be printed
#' to the R console during the operation. Optional.
#' @param config_options A list of options passed to [httr::POST()].
#' See details at [httr::httr_options()]. Optional.
#' @param 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.
#'
#' @return
#' 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes)
#' 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.
#'
#' @details
#' Currently, the function doesn't modify any variable types to conform to
#' REDCap's supported variables. See [validate_for_write()] for a helper
#' function that checks for some common important conflicts.
#'
#' The function `redcap_upload_file_oneshot()` is soft-deprecated
#' as of REDCapR 1.2.0.
#' Please rename to [redcap_file_upload_oneshot()].
#'
#' @author
#' Will Beasley, John J. Aponte
#'
#' @references
#' The official documentation can be found on the 'API Help Page'
#' and 'API Examples' pages on the REDCap wiki (ie,
#' 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
#' \dontrun{
#' # Define some constants
#' uri <- "https://bbmc.ouhsc.edu/redcap/api/"
#' token <- "D70F9ACD1EDD6F151C6EA78683944E98" # The simple project -pid 213
#' field <- "mugshot"
#' event <- "" # only for longitudinal events
#'
#' # Upload a single image file.
#' record <- 1
#' file_path <- system.file("test-data/mugshot-1.jpg", package = "REDCapR")
#'
#' REDCapR::redcap_file_upload_oneshot(
#' file_name = file_path,
#' record = record,
#' field = field,
#' redcap_uri = redcap_uri,
#' token = token
#' )
#'
#' # Upload a collection of five images.
#' records <- 1:5
#' file_paths <- system.file(
#' paste0("test-data/mugshot-", records, ".jpg"),
#' package="REDCapR"
#' )
#'
#' for (i in seq_along(records)) {
#' record <- records[i]
#' file_path <- file_paths[i]
#' REDCapR::redcap_file_upload_oneshot(
#' file_name = file_path,
#' record = record,
#' field = field,
#' redcap_uri = redcap_uri,
#' token = token
#' )
#' }
#' }
#' @export
redcap_file_upload_oneshot <- function(
file_name,
record,
redcap_uri,
token,
field,
event = "",
verbose = TRUE,
config_options = NULL,
handle_httr = NULL
) {
checkmate::assert_character(file_name , any.missing=FALSE, len=1, pattern="^.{1,}$")
checkmate::assert_file_exists(file_name )
checkmate::assert_character(redcap_uri , any.missing=FALSE, len=1, pattern="^.{1,}$")
checkmate::assert_character(token , any.missing=FALSE, len=1, pattern="^.{1,}$")
checkmate::assert_character(field , any.missing=FALSE, len=1, pattern="^.{1,}$")
assert_field_names(field)
checkmate::assert_character(event , any.missing=FALSE, len=1, pattern="^.{0,}$")
checkmate::assert_logical( verbose , any.missing=FALSE)
token <- sanitize_token(token)
verbose <- verbose_prepare(verbose)
if (verbose)
message("Preparing to upload the file `", file_name, "`.")
post_body <- list(
token = token,
content = "file",
action = "import",
record = record,
field = field,
# event = event,
file = httr::upload_file(path = file_name),
returnFormat = "csv"
)
if (0L < nchar(event)) post_body$event <- event
# This is the important call that communicates with the REDCap server.
kernel <-
kernel_api(
redcap_uri = redcap_uri,
post_body = post_body,
config_options = config_options,
handle_httr = handle_httr,
encode_httr = "multipart" # Uploading a file is a rare occasion doesn't use "form"
)
if (kernel$success) {
outcome_message <- sprintf(
"file uploaded to REDCap in %0.1f seconds.",
kernel$elapsed_seconds
)
records_affected_count <- 1L
record_id <- as.character(record)
kernel$raw_text <- ""
} else { # If the returned content wasn't recognized as valid IDs, then
# kernel$raw_text
outcome_message <- "file NOT uploaded "
records_affected_count <- 0L
record_id <- character(0) # Return an empty vector.
}
if (verbose)
message(outcome_message)
list(
success = kernel$success,
status_code = kernel$status_code,
outcome_message = outcome_message,
records_affected_count = records_affected_count,
affected_ids = record_id,
elapsed_seconds = kernel$elapsed_seconds,
raw_text = kernel$raw_text
)
}
#' @usage
#' redcap_upload_file_oneshot(...)
#' @export
redcap_upload_file_oneshot <- function(...) {
# nocov start
warning(
"The function `redcap_upload_file_oneshot()` is soft-deprecated as of REDCapR 1.2.0. ",
"Please use `redcap_file_upload_oneshot()`."
)
redcap_file_upload_oneshot(...)
# nocov end
}
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