GetHIT

Description

The GetHIT operation retrieves the details of the specified HIT.

Request Parameters

The 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 Required

Name	Description	Required
`Operation`	The name of the operation. Type: String Valid Values: GetHIT Default: None	Yes
`HITId`	The ID of the HIT to retrieve. Type: String Default: None	Yes

Operation

The name of the operation.

Type: String

Valid Values: GetHIT

Default: None

Yes

HITId

The ID of the HIT to retrieve.

Type: String

Default: None

Yes

Response Elements

A successful request for the GetHIT operation returns the elements described in the following table 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.

Name Description

Name	Description
`HIT`	Contains the requested HIT data. Type: HIT Data Structure

HIT

Contains the requested HIT data.

Type: HIT Data Structure

Examples

The following example shows how to use the GetHIT operation.

Sample Request

The following example gets a HIT specified by a HIT ID.

http://mechanicalturk.amazonaws.com/?Service=AWSMechanicalTurkRequester
&AWSAccessKeyId=[the Requester's Access Key ID]
&Version=2008-08-02
&Operation=GetHIT
&Signature=[signature for this request]
&Timestamp=[your system's local time]
&HITId=123RVWYBAZW00EXAMPLE

Sample Response

The following is an example response.

<HIT>
  <Request>
    <IsValid>True</IsValid>
  </Request>
  <HITId>ZZRZPTY4ERDZWJ868JCZ</HITId>
  <HITTypeId>NYVZTQ1QVKJZXCYZCZVZ</HITTypeId>
  <CreationTime>2009-07-07T00:56:40Z</CreationTime>
  <Title>Location</Title>
  <Description>Select the image that best represents</Description>
  <Question>
    <QuestionForm xmlns="http://mechanicalturk.amazonaws.com/AWSMechanicalTurkDataSchemas/2005-10-01/QuestionForm.xsd">
      <Question>
        <QuestionIdentifier>Question100</QuestionIdentifier>
        <DisplayName>My Question</DisplayName>
        <IsRequired>true</IsRequired>
        <QuestionContent>
          <Binary>
            <MimeType>
              <Type>image</Type>
              <SubType>gif</SubType>
            </MimeType>
            <DataURL>http://tictactoe.amazon.com/game/01523/board.gif</DataURL>
            <AltText>The game board, with "X" to move.</AltText>
          </Binary>
        </QuestionContent>
        <AnswerSpecification><FreeTextAnswer/></AnswerSpecification>
      </Question> 
    </QuestionForm>
  </Question>
  <HITStatus>Assignable</HITStatus>
  <MaxAssignments>1</MaxAssignments>
  <Reward>
    <Amount>5.00</Amount>
    <CurrencyCode>USD</CurrencyCode>
    <FormattedPrice>$5.00</FormattedPrice>
  </Reward>
  <AutoApprovalDelayInSeconds>2592000</AutoApprovalDelayInSeconds>
  <Expiration>2009-07-14T00:56:40Z</Expiration>
  <AssignmentDurationInSeconds>30</AssignmentDurationInSeconds>
  <NumberOfSimilarHITs>1</NumberOfSimilarHITs>
  <HITReviewStatus>NotReviewed</HITReviewStatus>
</HIT>