REDCap (Vanderbilt)

REDCap API

The token-authenticated API built into each REDCap installation, used to move data to and from projects. External modules can add actions to it. It is one /api/ endpoint per installation; the host below is the Vanderbilt-run instance, and other sites use their own.

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https://github.com/vanderbilt-redcap/external-module-framework-docs/blob/master/api.md

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: projectredcap-org:redcap-api
name: REDCap API
description: The token-authenticated API built into each REDCap installation, used to move data to and
  from projects. External modules can add actions to it. It is one /api/ endpoint per installation; the
  host below is the Vanderbilt-run instance, and other sites use their own.
humanURL: https://redcap.vumc.org/api/help/
baseURL: https://redcap.vumc.org/api/
tags:
- Research
- Data Capture
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/vanderbilt-redcap/external-module-framework-docs/blob/master/api.md
  name: Module API documentation