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CreateWorkerBlock - Amazon Mechanical Turk

CreateWorkerBlock

Description

The CreateWorkerBlock operation allows you to prevent a Worker from working on your HITs. For example, you can block a Worker who is producing poor quality work. You can block up to 100,000 Workers.

Request Syntax

{ "WorkerId": String, "Reason": String }

Request Parameters

The request accepts the following data in JSON format:

Name Description Required

WorkerId

The ID of the Worker to block

Type: String

Yes

Reason

A message that explains the reason for blocking the Worker. The Worker does not see this message.

Type: String

No

Response Elements

A successful request for the CreateWorkerBlock operation returns with no errors and an empty body.

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