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validateIt (version 1.2.1)

sendTasks: Send prepared task to Mturk and record the API-returned HIT ids.

Description

Send prepared task to Mturk and record the API-returned HIT ids.

Usage

sendTasks(
  hit_type = NULL,
  hit_layout = NULL,
  type = NULL,
  tasksrecord = NULL,
  tasksids = NULL,
  HITidspath = NULL,
  n_assignments = "1",
  expire_in_seconds = as.character(60 * 60 * 8),
  batch_annotation = NULL
)

Value

A list containing two elements:

  • current_HIT_ids:A vector of the HIT IDs returned by the API.

  • map_ids:A data frame that maps the tasksids to their corresponding HIT ids.

Arguments

hit_type

find from the Mturk requester's dashboard

hit_layout

find from the Mturk requester's dashboard

type

one of WI, T8WSI, R4WSI

tasksrecord

output of recordTasks()

tasksids

ids of tasks to send in numeric form. If left unspecified, the whole batch will be posted

HITidspath

path to record the returned HITids

n_assignments

number of of assignments per task. For the validation tasks, people almost always want 1

expire_in_seconds

default 8 hours

batch_annotation

add if needed

Details

Pairs the local ids with Mturk ids and save them to specified paths