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blockWorker
Description
The blockWorker command blocks a Worker from working on your HITs.
Arguments
The following table describes the arguments for the blockWorker command.
| Name | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
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Displays the help for this operation. Example: |
No |
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The reason why the Worker is being blocked. This reason is logged in our system for auditing purposes and can be used to determine if corrective action against the Worker is necessary. Enclose the reason string in quotation marks.
Example: |
Yes |
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Runs this command in the Amazon Mechanical Turk sandbox for testing. This argument takes precedence
even if you specify the production web site in your
Example: |
No |
|
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The ID of the Worker you want to block. Example: |
Yes |
Example
The following examples for Unix and Windows show how to use the blockWorker command.
Unix
The following example demonstrates how to call this command from Unix. You must write this command on a single line. It is divided into multiple lines in this example for readability.
./blockWorker.sh -workerid A3C4G8DMXFG5PQ -reason "After several warnings, the Worker continued to submit answers without reading the instructions carefully."
Windows
The following example demonstrates how to call this command from Microsoft Windows. You should write this command on a single line. It is divided into multiple lines in this example for readability.
blockWorker -workerid A3C4G8DMXFG5PQ -reason "After several warnings, the Worker continued to submit answers without reading the instructions carefully."
Output
These examples produce the following output.
Blocked A3C4G8DMXFG5PQ with reason: After several warnings, the Worker continued to submit answers without reading the instructions carefully.
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