CreateQualificationType - Amazon Mechanical Turk

CreateQualificationType

Description

The CreateQualificationType operation creates a new Qualification type, which is represented by a QualificationType data structure.

Request Syntax

{ "Name": String, "Description": String, "Keywords": String, "RetryDelayInSeconds": Non-negative integer, "QualificationTypeStatus": String, "Test": String, "AnswerKey": String, "TestDurationInSeconds": Integer, "AutoGranted": Boolean, "AutoGrantedValue": Integer }

Request Parameters

The request accepts the following data in JSON format:

Name Description Required

Name

The name you give to the Qualification type. The type name is used to represent the Qualification to Workers, and to find the type using a Qualification type search. It must be unique across all of your Qualification types.

Type: String

Yes

Description

A long description for the Qualification type. On the Amazon Mechanical Turk website, the long description is displayed when a Worker examines a Qualification type.

Type: String

Constraints: Must be less than or equal to 2000 characters

Yes

Keywords

One or more words or phrases that describe the Qualification type, separated by commas. The keywords of a type make the type easier to find during a search.

Type: String

Constraints: Must be less than or equal to 1000 characters, including commas and spaces.

No

RetryDelayInSeconds

The number of seconds that a Worker must wait after requesting a Qualification of the Qualification type before the worker can retry the Qualification request.

Type: Non-negative integer

Default: None. If not specified, retries are disabled and Workers can request a Qualification of this type only once, even if the Worker has not been granted the Qualification. It is not possible to disable retries for a Qualification type after it has been created with retries enabled. If you want to disable retries, you must delete existing retry-enabled Qualification type and then create a new Qualification type with retries disabled.

No

QualificationTypeStatus

The initial status of the Qualification type.

Type: String

Constraints: Valid values are: Active | Inactive

Yes

Test

The questions for the Qualification test a Worker must answer correctly to obtain a Qualification of this type. If this parameter is specified, TestDurationInSeconds must also be specified.

Type: String

Constraints: Must not be longer than 65535 bytes. Must be a QuestionForm data structure. This parameter cannot be specified if AutoGranted is true.

Default: None. If not specified, the Worker may request the Qualification without answering any questions.

No

AnswerKey

The answers to the Qualification test specified in the Test parameter, in the form of an AnswerKey data structure.

Type: String

Constraints: Must not be longer than 65535 bytes.

Default: None. If not specified, you must process Qualification requests manually.

No

TestDurationInSeconds

The number of seconds the Worker has to complete the Qualification test, starting from the time the Worker requests the Qualification.

Type: Integer

Conditional: required when a Test is specified.

AutoGranted

Specifies whether requests for the Qualification type are granted immediately, without prompting the Worker with a Qualification test.

Type: Boolean

Constraints: If the Test parameter is specified, this parameter cannot be true.

Default: False

No

AutoGrantedValue

The Qualification value to use for automatically granted Qualifications. This parameter is used only if the AutoGranted parameter is true.

Type: Integer

Default: 1 when used with AutoGranted. None when AutoGranted is not specified.

No

Response Elements

A successful request for the CreateQualificationType operation returns a QualificationType data structure.

Example

The following example shows how to use the CreateQualificationType operation:

Sample Request

The following example creates a Qualification type.

POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: mturk-requester.us-east-1.amazonaws.com Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes> X-Amz-Date: <Date> { Name:"EnglishWritingAbility", Description:"The ability to write and edit in text in English", QualificationTypeStatus:"Active" }

Sample Response

The following is an example response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK x-amzn-RequestId: <RequestId> Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes> Date: <Date> { QualificationTypeId:"789RVWYBAZW00EXAMPLE951RVWYBAZW00EXAMPLE", Name:"EnglishWritingAbility", Description:"The ability to write and edit in text in English", QualificationTypeStatus:"Active" }