Using R

An example of getting Epicollect5 data in R. Get the source code here.​
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library(httr)
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library(jsonlite) # if needing json format
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cID<-"999"      # client ID
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secret<- "F00HaHa00G" # client secret
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proj.slug<- "YourProjectSlug" # project slug
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form.ref<- "YourFormRef" # form reference
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branch.ref<- "YourFromRef+BranchExtension" # branch reference
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res <- POST("https://five.epicollect.net/api/oauth/token",
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            body = list(grant_type = "client_credentials",
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                        client_id = cID,
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                        client_secret = secret))
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http_status(res)
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token <- content(res)$access_token
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​
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# url.form<- paste("https://five.epicollect.net/api/export/entries/", proj.slug, "?map_index=0&form_ref=", form.ref, "&format=json", sep= "") ## if using json
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url.form<- paste("https://five.epicollect.net/api/export/entries/", proj.slug, "?map_index=0&form_ref=", form.ref, "&format=csv&headers=true", sep= "")
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​
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res1<- GET(url.form, add_headers("Authorization" = paste("Bearer", token)))
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http_status(res1)
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# ct1<- fromJSON(rawToChar(content(res1))) ## if using json
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ct1<- read.csv(res1$url)
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str(ct1)
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# url.branch<- paste("https://five.epicollect.net/api/export/entries/", proj.slug, "?map_index=0&branch_ref=", branch.ref, "&format=json&per_page=1000000", sep= "") ## if using json; pushing max number of records from default 50 to 10^6
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url.branch<- paste("https://five.epicollect.net/api/export/entries/", proj.slug, "?map_index=0&branch_ref=", branch.ref, "&format=csv&headers=true", sep= "")
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res2<- GET(url.branch, add_headers("Authorization" = paste("Bearer", token)))
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http_status(res2)
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ct2<- read.csv(res2$url)
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# ct2<- fromJSON(rawToChar(content(res2))) ## if using json
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str(ct2)
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