gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import uuid
from boto.mturk.connection import MTurkConnection
from boto.mturk.question import Question, QuestionForm
from boto.mturk.question import QuestionContent, ExternalQuestion
from boto.mturk.question import AnswerSpecification, FreeTextAnswer
from boto.mturk.question import SelectionAnswer
from boto.mturk.question import Overview
from boto.mturk.qualification import *

aws_access_key_id = 'private'
aws_secret_access_key = 'doubleprivate'
aws_host = 'mechanicalturk.sandbox.amazonaws.com'
#aws_host = 'mechanicalturk.amazonaws.com'

mtc = MTurkConnection(aws_access_key_id=aws_access_key_id,
                      aws_secret_access_key=aws_secret_access_key,
                      host=aws_host)

### Create a hit 
################
# formatted_content does NOT like  

overview_content = """<p>Your task is to translate the Urdu sentences into English.  Please make sure that your English translation:</p>
<ul>
    <li>Is faithful to the original in both meaning and style</li>
    <li>Is grammatical, fluent, and natural-sounding English</li>
    <li>Does not add or delete information from the original text</li>
    <li>Does not contain any spelling errors</li>
</ul>
<p>When creating your translation, please follow these guidelines:</p>
<ul>
    <li><b>Do not use any machine translation systems (like translation.babylon.com)</b></li>
    <li><b>You may</b> look up a word on <a href="http://www.urduword.com/">an online dictionary</a> if you do not know its translation</li></ul>
<p>Afterwards, we'll ask you a few quick questions about your language abilities.</p>
"""

overview = Overview()
overview.append('Title', 'Translate these sentences')
overview.append('FormattedContent', overview_content)

 
qc = QuestionContent()
urdu_text = u'\u06a9\u0645\u06cc\u0679\u06cc \u06a9\u06d2 \u0686\u06cc\u0626\u0631\u0645\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u0634\u0627\u06c1\u062f \u062d\u0633\u06cc\u0646 \u0633\u06cc\u062f \u06a9\u06cc \u0633\u0631\u0628 \u0631\u0627\u06c1\u06cc \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u06c1\u0648\u0627 \u062c\u0633 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u062d\u06a9\u0648 \u0645\u062a \u06a9\u0648 \u06cc\u06c1 \u062a\u062c\u0648\u06cc\u0632 \u062f\u06cc \u06af\u0626\u06cc \u06a9\u06c1 \u0648\u06c1 \u0627\u0645\u062f\u0627\u062f\u06cc'
qc.append('FormattedContent', u'<table><tr><td></td><td align="right" width="538">%s</td></tr></table>' % urdu_text)


# construct an answer field
fta = FreeTextAnswer()
ansp = AnswerSpecification(fta)

# construct question
q = Question(identifier=str(uuid.uuid4()),
              content=qc,
              answer_spec=ansp)

# put question(s) in a list
ql = [q,q,q,q] # repeat question four times

# build question form with question list
qf = QuestionForm(ql, overview=overview)

# create the hit
# returns result_set consisting of one item. 
# created hit can be found as hit_set[0]
hit_set = mtc.create_hit(question=qf,
                         max_assignments=3,
                         title='Translate these sentences',
                         description='Help us research language translations by translating sentences',
                         reward=0.1)