REDCapSync - Encapsulated 'REDCap' Projects for Synchronized Data Pipelines
Wraps dozens of 'REDCap' API endpoints into a standardized
R6 object. Research Electronic Data Capture ('REDCap') is a
survey and database web application software maintained by
Vanderbilt University. It has a robust application programming
interface (API) utilized by several R packages. 'REDCapSync'
uses 'redcapAPI' and 'REDCapR' behind-the-scenes to retrieve
all metadata, data, and log details for a project. To minimize
unnecessary server calls, the interim 'REDCap' log is analyzed
and used to only update necessary records. Furthermore, the
user can define custom datasets that save to a directory. Those
datasets continue to refresh when projects are synced. Having
a secure, standardized, API-efficient, project-agnostic R
object for 'REDCap' projects, streamlines downstream use in
scripts, functions, and shiny applications.