timeout=5
passed=False
while not passed:
#fetching unique UUID for hit to be created in MTurk
guid=row[2]
mturk_hittype_id=row[8]
operation="CreateHIT"
parameters2={
"HITTypeId":mturk_hittype_id,
'Question':'<ExternalQuestion xmlns="http://mechanicalturk.amazonaws.com/AWSMechanicalTurkDataSchemas/2006-07-14/ExternalQuestion.xsd"><ExternalURL>'+web_endpoint+'</ExternalURL><FrameHeight>1600</FrameHeight></ExternalQuestion>',
'LifetimeInSeconds':settings["lifetimeinseconds"],
"MaxAssignments":settings["max_assignments"],
"UniqueRequestToken":guid,
}
output= mturk.call_turk(operation, parameters2)
try:
mturk_hit_id=mturk.get_val(output, "HITId")
passed=True
except:
passed=False
timeout=timeout*2
print "Sleep for %s seconds " % (timeout)
sleep(timeout)
logging.info("new HIT created with id: %s" % (mturk_hit_id))
sql="UPDATE hits SET mturk_hit_id=%s, assignments=%s WHERE uuid=%s;"
cur2.execute(sql,(mturk_hit_id, settings["max_assignments"], guid))
conn.commit()
operation = "RegisterHITType"
settings["vocabularyHITtype"]["Description"] = (
u"Translate 10 words from " + langs_properties[lang]["name"] +
u" to English").encode('utf-8')
settings["vocabularyHITtype"]["Title"] = (u"Translate 10 words from " +
langs_properties[lang]["name"] +
u" to English").encode('utf-8')
settings["vocabularyHITtype"]["Keywords"] = (
u"translation, vocabulary, dictionary, " +
langs_properties[lang]["name"] +
u", English, language, research, JHU").encode('utf-8')
parameters2 = settings["vocabularyHITtype"]
output = mturk.call_turk(operation, parameters2)
logging.debug("RegisterHITType response: %s" % (output))
mturk_hittype_id = mturk.get_val(output, "HITTypeId")
logging.info("HIT type for language: %s created with id: %s" %
(lang, mturk_hittype_id))
sql = "SELECT add_hittype (%s, %s, %s, %s);"
cur.execute(sql, ("Vocabulary HIT for " + langs_properties[lang]["name"],
mturk_hittype_id, lang_id, "vocabulary 2"))
hittype_id2 = cur.fetchone()[0]
conn.commit()
langs_properties[lang]["hittype_id"] = hittype_id2
sql = "SELECT id from hittypes where language_id=%s and typename='vocabulary';"
cur.execute(sql, (lang_id, ))