What is Mturk Engine?

Mturk Engine is a free and open source userscript for https://worker.mturk.com/. You can find more information about the script, as well as the source code, on the Github repo: https://github.com/Anveio/mturk-engine

For help reading the source code, check out the developer guide: https://github.com/Anveio/mturk-engine/blob/master/DEVELOPERS.md

Installation

1. Download Mturk Engine here.

2. Alternatively, download the Lite version here. The Lite version pulls the script from a CDN and then caches it in your browser.

3. Navigate to https://worker.mturk.com/?mturkengine while logged in to your Mturk account.

Major new features

• New URL is: https://worker.mturk.com/?mturkengine
• Full compatibility with the worker site
• You can backup and restore your data

Other new features

• You can edit weights given to attributes from Turkopticon.
• You can sort search results by their weighted T.O.
• Switching between tabs is now much faster.
• When failing to accept a HIT, you can add it directly as a watcher.
• You can choose to have all links go to the legacy Mturk site.
• Items in your queue now display a countdown for their time remaining.
• When making requests to Mturk, a toast will be displayed until the request resolves.

Migrating from the old site.

1. Update Mturk Engine to 1.4.0
2. Navigate to https://www.mturk.com/mturk/findhits?mturkengine&doNotRedirect=true
3. Click "Save Backup" in the "Settings Tab"
4. Navigate to the new site: https://worker.mturk.com/?mturkengine
5. Upload your backup.

Known Bugs

• This version of Mturk Engine is not supported by Firefox. This is potentially an issue specific to the latest version.
• Mturk Engine incorrectly reports a successful accept when encountering a CAPTCHA. If you refresh your queue and your HIT isn't there, accept it manually and successfully complete the CAPTCHA.