>>> from _init_environment import MTurkConnection, mturk_host
>>> conn = MTurkConnection(host=mturk_host)

# should have some HIT's returned by a search (but only if your account has existing HIT's)
>>> search_rs = conn.search_hits()

# this is a valid request
>>> search_rs.status
True

>>> len(search_rs) > 1
True

>>> search_rs # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
[<boto.mturk.connection.HIT instance at ...]