GetQualificationType - Amazon Mechanical Turk
DescriptionRequest ParametersResponse ElementsExamples

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GetQualificationType

Description

The GetQualificationType operation retrieves information about a Qualification type using its ID.

Request Parameters

The GetQualificationType operation accepts parameters common to all operations. Some common parameters are required. See Common Parameters for more information.

The following parameters are specific to the GetQualificationType operation:

Name Description Required

Operation

The name of the operation.

Type: String

Valid Values: GetQualificationType

Default: None

Yes

QualificationTypeId

The ID of the Qualification type, as returned by the CreateQualificationType operation.

Type: String

Default: None

Yes

Response Elements

A successful request for the GetQualificationType operation returns the elements described in the following table:

Name Description

QualificationType

For information about the data structure of a Qualification type, see QualificationType data structure.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the GetQualificationType operation.

Sample Request

The following example gets a Qualification type by its ID. 

https://mechanicalturk.amazonaws.com/?Service=AWSMechanicalTurkRequester
&AWSAccessKeyId=[the Requester's Access Key ID]
&Version=2017-01-17
&Operation=GetQualificationType
&Signature=[signature for this request]
&Timestamp=[your system's local time]
&QualificationTypeId=789RVWYBAZW00EXAMPLE

Sample Response

The following is an example response.

<GetQualificationTypeResult>
  <QualificationType>
    <QualificationTypeId>789RVWYBAZW00EXAMPLE</QualificationTypeId>
    <CreationTime>2005-01-31T23:59:59Z</CreationTime>
    <Name>EnglishWritingAbility</Name>
    <Description>The ability to write and edit text...</Description>
    <Keywords>English, text, write, edit, language</Keywords>
    <QualificationTypeStatus>Active</QualificationTypeStatus>
    <RetryDelayInSeconds>86400</RetryDelayInSeconds>
    <IsRequestable>true</IsRequestable>
  </QualificationType>
</GetQualificationTypeResult>