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+#' Create zips file with necessary content based on data set
+#'
+#' @description
+#' Metadata can be added by editing the data dictionary of a project in the
+#' initial design phase. If you want to later add new instruments, this can be
+#' used to add instrument(s) to a project in production.
+#'
+#' @param data metadata for the relevant instrument.
+#' Could be from `ds2dd_detailed()`
+#' @param dir destination dir for the instrument zip. Default is the current WD.
+#' @param record.id flag to omit the first row of the data dictionary assuming
+#' this is the record_id field which should not be included in the instrument.
+#' Default is TRUE.
+#'
+#' @return list
+#' @export
+#'
+#' @examples
+#' data <- iris |>
+#'   ds2dd_detailed(add.auto.id = TRUE,
+#'   form.name=sample(c("b","c"),size = 6,replace = TRUE,prob=rep(.5,2))) |>
+#'   purrr::pluck("meta")
+#' # data |> create_instrument_meta()
+#'
+#' data <- iris |>
+#'   ds2dd_detailed(add.auto.id = FALSE) |>
+#'   purrr::pluck("data")
+#' names(data) <- glue::glue("{sample(x = c('a','b'),size = length(names(data)),
+#' replace=TRUE,prob = rep(x=.5,2))}__{names(data)}")
+#' data <- data |> ds2dd_detailed(form.sep="__")
+#' # data |>
+#' #   purrr::pluck("meta") |>
+#' #   create_instrument_meta(record.id = FALSE)
+create_instrument_meta <- function(data,
+                                   dir = here::here(""),
+                                   record.id = TRUE) {
+  if (record.id) {
+    data <- data[-1,]
+  }
+  temp_dir <- tempdir()
+  split(data,data$form_name) |> purrr::imap(function(.x,.i){
+    utils::write.csv(.x, paste0(temp_dir, "/instrument.csv"), row.names = FALSE, na = "")
+    writeLines("REDCapCAST", paste0(temp_dir, "/origin.txt"))
+    zip::zip(paste0(dir, "/", .i, Sys.Date(), ".zip"),
+             files = c("origin.txt", "instrument.csv"),
+             root = temp_dir
+    )
+  })
+
+}
diff --git a/man/create_instrument_meta.Rd b/man/create_instrument_meta.Rd
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+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/create_instrument_meta.R
+\name{create_instrument_meta}
+\alias{create_instrument_meta}
+\title{Create zips file with necessary content based on data set}
+\usage{
+create_instrument_meta(data, dir = here::here(""), record.id = TRUE)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{data}{metadata for the relevant instrument.
+Could be from `ds2dd_detailed()`}
+
+\item{dir}{destination dir for the instrument zip. Default is the current WD.}
+
+\item{record.id}{flag to omit the first row of the data dictionary assuming
+this is the record_id field which should not be included in the instrument.
+Default is TRUE.}
+}
+\value{
+list
+}
+\description{
+Metadata can be added by editing the data dictionary of a project in the
+initial design phase. If you want to later add new instruments, this can be
+used to add instrument(s) to a project in production.
+}
+\examples{
+data <- iris |>
+  ds2dd_detailed(add.auto.id = TRUE,
+  form.name=sample(c("b","c"),size = 6,replace = TRUE,prob=rep(.5,2))) |>
+  purrr::pluck("meta")
+# data |> create_instrument_meta()
+
+data <- iris |>
+  ds2dd_detailed(add.auto.id = FALSE) |>
+  purrr::pluck("data")
+names(data) <- glue::glue("{sample(x = c('a','b'),size = length(names(data)),
+replace=TRUE,prob = rep(x=.5,2))}__{names(data)}")
+data <- data |> ds2dd_detailed(form.sep="__")
+# data |>
+#   purrr::pluck("meta") |>
+#   create_instrument_meta(record.id = FALSE)
+}