PyCap: import_file does not work in REDCap 7.4.23

I cannot make the file_import to work, working with a server running REDCap 7.4.23. I followed the example from http://pycap.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deep.html#working-with-files, but it fails with HTTPError: 400 Client Error: Bad Request for url. Interestingly, it fails also from REDCap’s API playground, but I managed to import the file using curl from the command line (in linux).

I have just started with REDCap, so I do not know how this worked on earlier versions

I have also noticed that the REDCap documentation for the import API does not have a parameter for file name (and, indeed, it gets ignored when using curl), but has an additional parameter repeat_instance, needed to upload a file to repeating instruments.

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Yes: Lazy=False did the trick … The following works fine 😃

#ghrc01 - GitHubRedCap
#WinServer2012/Anaconda3/Python 3.7.3/pip PyCap 0.0.0/REDCap 8.10.7/
from redcap import Project

api_url = 'https://www.example.com/redcap/api/'
api_key = '********'

project = Project(api_url,api_key,verify_ssl=False,lazy=False)
print('-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*')
record  = 'RECORD'
field   = 'file'
fname   = 'test.txt'
with open(fname,'r') as fobj:
    rf = project.import_file(record,field,fname,fobj)
print(rf)
print('-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*')

H:\py>python -W ignore ghrc01.py
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

{}
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

bobromeo on May 8, 2019

I’m noticing the verify=False arg in your POST request. If you create a project with Project(URL, TOKEN, verify_ssl=False) does the file import work?

sburns on May 7, 2019