GetHIT

Description

The GetHIT operation retrieves the details of a HIT, using its HIT ID.

Sample Request: Using GetHIT (REST)

The following example of a call to the GetHIT operation gets a HIT specified by a HIT ID.

http://mechanicalturk.amazonaws.com/?Service=AWSMechanicalTurkRequester
&AWSAccessKeyId=[the Requester's Access Key ID]
&Version=2008-04-01
&Operation=GetHIT
&Signature=[signature for this request]
&Timestamp=[your system's local time]
&HITId=123RVWYBAZW00EXAMPLE

Request Parameters

A request to the Mechanical Turk Service includes parameters that control its behavior and the data it returns. Required parameters must be included for the request to succeed.

GetHIT accepts parameters common to all operations. Some common parameters are required. See Common Parameters for more information.

The following parameters are specific to the GetHIT operation:

Name	Description	Type	Value
`Operation`	The operation to call. To access the `GetHIT` operation, set the `Operation` parameter to `GetHIT`.	Required	`GetHIT`
`HITId`	The ID of the HIT to retrieve.	Required	A valid HIT ID

Responses

A successful request for the GetHIT operation will have a HIT element in the response.

The HIT element contains the requested HIT data. For a description of the HIT data structure as it appears in responses, see the HIT Data Structure.