def check_mturk_balance(client: MTurkClient, balance_needed: float):
"""Checks to see if there is at least balance_needed amount in the
requester account, returns True if the balance is greater than
balance_needed
"""
# Test that you can connect to the API by checking your account balance
# In Sandbox this always returns $10,000
try:
user_balance = float(client.get_account_balance()["AvailableBalance"])
except ClientError as e:
if e.response["Error"]["Code"] == "RequestError":
print(
"ERROR: To use the MTurk API, you will need an Amazon Web "
"Services (AWS) Account. Your AWS account must be linked to "
"your Amazon Mechanical Turk Account. Visit "
"https://requestersandbox.mturk.com/developer to get started. "
"(Note: if you have recently linked your account, please wait "
"for a couple minutes before trying again.)\n")
quit()
else:
raise
if user_balance < balance_needed:
print(
"You might not have enough money in your MTurk account. Please go "
"to https://requester.mturk.com/account and increase your balance "
"to at least ${}, and then try again.".format(balance_needed))
return False
else:
return True
def get_requester_balance(client: MTurkClient) -> float:
"""Get the balance for the requester associated with this client"""
return float(client.get_account_balance()["AvailableBalance"])