Amazon mechanical turk API

field_project_name Amazon mechanical turk
field_project_purpose Support citizen science activities:
Computing: NO Thinking: YES
Sensing: YES Gaming: NO
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[[Has system overview::Amazon Mechanical Turk Workflow, according to Introduction to Amazon Mechanical Turk (nov. 6 2013)
  1. A developer creates an Amazon Mechanical Turk application.
  2. A Requester uses an Amazon Mechanical Turk application, command line interface, or the Requester UI to create work, called a HIT, and advertises the work using Amazon Mechanical Turk.
  3. Workers visit the Amazon Mechanical Turk website and decide which work to undertake.
  4. Optionally, the Requester can require the Worker to pass a qualification test before being granted the opportunity to do the work.
  5. The Workers complete one or more HITs and submit their answers using Amazon Mechanical Turk.
  6. The Requester reviews the work and pays the Worker for work done well or rejects the work and does not pay the Worker.]]
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Thinking: yes Computing: no Sensing: yes Gaming: no


Documentation Archive Amazon Web Services, Mechanical Turk Go

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website page

Not everyone is admitted to being a "turk". I was flatly refused. Quote:


Greetings from Amazon Mechanical Turk, We have completed our review of your Amazon Mechanical Turk Worker Account. We regret to inform you that you will not be permitted to work on Mechanical Turk.

Our account review criteria are proprietary and we cannot disclose the reason why an invitation to complete registration has been denied. If our criteria for invitation changes, you may be invited to complete registration in the future.


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