mturk_task_req: Perform operation for given task.
In hadley/mturkr: Tools to work with Amazon's mechanical turk.

Perform operation for given task.

1 2	mturk_task_req(task, operation, host = NULL, access_key = NULL, secret_key = NULL, ...)

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To use amazon mturk you need both an access key (analogous to a username) and a secret key (analogous to a password). Both are available from https://aws-portal.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/account/index.html?action=access-key#access_credentials.

There are three ways to specify your keys:

As parameters to any request function: access_key, secret_key
As parameters in your task description: AccessKey, SecretKey
As environmental variables: AWS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY

If your code is publically available (such as through a public svn or git repository) DO NOT store your secret key in your task description, as this will allow anyone to charge jobs to your amazon account. If you do accidentally publish it, go to the url above and deactivate it and generate new access and secret keys.

hadley/mturkr documentation built on May 17, 2019, 11:04 a.m.