Fetching Information on Forms • nettskjemar

Overview

In this vignette, we demonstrate how to interact with the Nettskjema API to perform the following tasks: 1. Retrieve a list of all forms you have access to. 1. Download reports associated with a form.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have already set up authentication. If you haven’t, refer to the vignette on authentication setup.

Additionally, load the required package:

library(nettskjemar)

Retrieving All Available Forms

To see which forms you have access to, use the ns_get_forms function.

Example: Getting Forms

# Retrieve all forms
forms <- ns_get_forms()

head(forms)
#>   formId                           title
#> 1  79061                BRIEF (with key)
#> 2 269507            Bakgrunnsinformasjon
#> 3 268183 Bakgrunnsinformasjon (2022) TMR
#>              openFrom              openTo
#> 1 2017-02-13T14:24:01 2021-08-19T15:06:21
#> 2 2022-05-16T13:50:07                <NA>
#> 3                <NA>                <NA>
#>    lastSubmissionDate        modifiedDate
#> 1                <NA> 2023-11-23T10:58:39
#> 2 2025-03-17T13:09:52 2025-03-11T09:56:21
#> 3 2024-10-01T14:44:42 2025-03-11T09:58:05
#>   personalDataErasedDate deliveryDestination
#> 1                   <NA>            DATABASE
#> 2                   <NA>                 TSD
#> 3                   <NA>                 TSD
#>   anonymous numberOfDeliveredSubmissions owners
#> 1     FALSE                            0      2
#> 2     FALSE                          835      2
#> 3     FALSE                           99      2
#>   isDictaphone myFormsFormListingGroup  open
#> 1        FALSE                      MY FALSE
#> 2        FALSE                      MY  TRUE
#> 3        FALSE                      MY FALSE
#>  [ reached 'max' / getOption("max.print") -- omitted 3 rows ]

Retrieving Raw Form Data

If you prefer to get the raw list format as returned by the API, use asis = TRUE.

# Retrieve raw form data
raw_forms <- ns_get_forms(asis = TRUE)

# Display the raw response
print(raw_forms)

Downloading Form Reports

Each form can have reports such as CSV, Excel, or SPSS files associated with it. Use the ns_get_form_reports function to download these reports.

Example: Download a CSV Report

# Define the form ID
form_id <- 110000

# Download a CSV report to the default path
ns_get_form_reports(form_id, type = "csv")

# The report will be saved as `110000.csv` in your working directory

Example: Download an Excel Report

# Download an Excel report
ns_get_form_reports(form_id, type = "excel")

Example: Save SPSS Report to a Custom Path

# Specify the path you want to save the file
path <- fs::path_home("Desktop/110000_report.sav")

# Download and save the SPSS report
ns_get_form_reports(form_id, type = "spss", path = path)

Custom Output Paths

For custom output locations, make sure to provide the full file path in the path argument.