Updating Media file for Enketo forms

[dmenne]

As I learned from REST request to retrieve a value from an external source, it is possible but ugly to update a csv media file for ODK Collect without user intervention.

But how would I do this for an Enketo file in the browser? There are a few cases where I need these because want to use a Matrix question type.,

[Kal_Lam]

Hi @dmenne,

Try having a look at our support article Adding media to your form. It should solve your issue.

Have a great day!

[dmenne]

No, that’s the beginner’s version. It does not tell me how to solve the problem in

REST request to retrieve a value from an external source

Thanks, Stephane. I had thought of this already, but immediately dismissed it, because it would mean that I have to store the full patient database on the tablet, which is too much of a security risk when the tablet “disappears”. For the simplified case I described (“patient exists”), a hash would be enough, but in the real application I need to retrieve the details of the patient as a feedback to the interviewer. There are much more basic applications around (e.g. breezingforms in Joomla) tha…

for an Enketo form. What ‘directory’ do I have to point the synchronization to?

[jnm]

To be honest with you, I don’t know exactly where Enketo stores its media files. I’m confident, however, that it’s not in a directory on the file system the way it is with Collect. It’s going to be somewhere within the browser’s storage (perhaps also within a SQLite database, although your device may need to be rooted for you to access this directly). You might post at https://groups.google.com/g/enketo-users if you don’t get a better response here.