Assignment - Amazon Mechanical Turk
DescriptionElementsExample

Assignment

Description

The Assignment data structure represents a single assignment of a HIT to a Worker. The assignment tracks the Worker's efforts to complete the HIT, and contains the results for later retrieval.

The Assignment data structure is used as a response element for the following operations:

  • GetAssignment

  • ListAssignmentsForHIT

Elements

The Assignment structure can contain the following elements.

Name Description Required

AssignmentId

A unique identifier for the assignment. Can be up to 255 bytes in length.

Type: String

Default: None

No

WorkerId

The ID of the Worker who accepted the HIT. Can be up to 255 bytes in length.

Type: String

Default: None

No

HITId

The ID of the HIT. Can be up to 255 bytes in length.

Type: String

Default: None

No

AssignmentStatus

The status of the assignment

Type: String

Valid Values: Submitted | Approved | Rejected

Default: None

No

AutoApprovalTime

If results have been submitted, AutoApprovalTime is the date and time the results of the assignment results are considered Approved automatically if they have not already been explicitly approved or rejected by the Requester. This value is derived from the auto-approval delay specified by the Requester in the HIT. This value is omitted from the assignment if the Worker has not yet submitted results.

Type: a dateTime structure in the Coordinated Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time) time zone, such as 2005-01-31T23:59:59Z.

Default: None

No

AcceptTime

The date and time the Worker accepted the assignment.

Type: a dateTime structure in the Coordinated Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time) time zone, such as 2005-01-31T23:59:59Z.

Default: None

No

SubmitTime

If the Worker has submitted results, SubmitTime is the date and time the assignment was submitted. This value is omitted from the assignment if the Worker has not yet submitted results.

Type: a dateTime structure in the Coordinated Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time) time zone, such as 2005-01-31T23:59:59Z.

Default: None

No

ApprovalTime

If the Worker has submitted results and the Requester has approved the results, ApprovalTime is the date and time the Requester approved the results.

Type: a dateTime structure in the Coordinated Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time) time zone, such as 2005-01-31T23:59:59Z.

Default: None.

Note: This value is omitted from the assignment if the Requester has not yet approved the results.

No

RejectionTime

If the Worker has submitted results and the Requester has rejected the results, RejectionTime is the date and time the Requester rejected the results.

Type: a dateTime structure in the Coordinated Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time) time zone, such as 2005-01-31T23:59:59Z.

Default: None.

Note: This value is omitted from the assignment if the Requester has not yet rejected the results.

No

Deadline

The date and time of the deadline for the assignment. This value is derived from the deadline specification for the HIT and the date and time the Worker accepted the HIT.

Type: a dateTime structure in the Coordinated Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time) time zone, such as 2005-01-31T23:59:59Z.

Default: None

No

Answer

The Worker's answers submitted for the HIT contained in a QuestionFormAnswers document, if the Worker provides an answer. If the Worker does not provide any answers, Answer may contain a QuestionFormAnswers document, or Answer may be empty.

Type: a QuestionFormAnswers data structure

Default: None

No

RequesterFeedback

The feedback string included with the call to the ApproveAssignment operation or the RejectAssignment operation, if the Requester approved or rejected the assignment and specified feedback.

Type: String

Default: None

No

Example

The following example shows an Assignment data structure returned by the ListAssignmentsForHIT operation. The ListAssignmentsForHIT operation returns zero or more Assignment elements for a Reviewable HIT. 


Assignment:{
	AssignmentId: "123RVWYBAZW00EXAMPLE456RVWYBAZW00EXAMPLE",
	WorkerId:"AZ3456EXAMPLE",
	HITId:"123RVWYBAZW00EXAMPLE",
	AssignmentStatus:"Submitted",
	Deadline: "2005-12-01T23:59:59Z",
	AcceptTime: "2005-12-01T12:00:00Z",
	SubmitTime: "2005-12-07T23:59:59Z",
	Answer:{
		QuestionFormAnswers:[XML-encoded Answer data]
	}
  }