openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Appen Platform Account Info Monitor Contributors API version: 1.0.0 description: "# Introduction\nHello, and welcome to Appen, the leading data annotation platform for Machine Learning. Our API enables developers to build applications that can programmatically create, edit, and launch Appen jobs, download results, and more! \n\nAppen uses a RESTful API that accepts data requests as URL-encoded key-value pairs. Responses are returned in JSON and authentication is key-based.\n\nBefore integrating with the API, we highly recommend you first build and run a job using our [graphical user interface](https://client.appen.com/sessions/new). Once you have run a job successfully and are satisfied with the results, you can automate the process using the Appen API.\n\n# Authentication\nYou will need to supply your Appen API key to access the API. To find your API key:\n1. Click the Account button located in the bottom corner of the Global Navigation bar on the left side of any page.\n![Appen Authentication](/assets/img/authentication1.png \"Appen Authentication\")\n2. Click the API tab and find your key listed under the Your API Key section. \n![Appen API](/assets/img/authentication2.png \"Appen API key\")\n\nFor requests listed below, the API Key will be listed as `{api_key}`. \n\nThe API key needs to be included in the header for every request: \n```\n headers: { \n\n \"AUTHORIZATION\" => \"Token token={api_key}\" \n\n } \n```\n\nYou may also see other variables, such as `{job_id}` for operations pertaining to a specific job, or `{team_id}` when completing operations relevant to an entire team (like listing all available jobs). Job ID's can be determined from the job listing page or the URL. A team id is visible in the URL of the Teams tab in the Account page. \n# Resources\nThere are three primary data objects on Appen that correspond to resources on the API:\n## Jobs\nA **Job** is an interface that connects your data to an online workforce.\n Each job on the Appen platform has data, instructions, customizable questions for your use case\n (written in **CML** [](https://success.appen.com/hc/en-us/articles/202817989-CML-Custom-Markup-Language-Overview)),\n [test questions](https://success.appen.com/hc/en-us/articles/202702985-How-to-Create-Test-Questions),\n and is worked on by *Contributors*. Contributors submit *Judgments* on the rows of data via a worker interface. \n * All jobs in a single account can be found [on your jobs page](https://client.appen.com/jobs) and will be\n identified by a unique numeric id.\n## Units (also known as 'Rows')\nA **Unit** of data is uploaded to the job from your source data file via API or GUI. \n## Judgments \nA **Judgment** is the set of responses submitted by a contributor on a particular unit of data. It is\n recommended to collect multiple judgments and compare them to one another or aggregate to the top response. For\n each job, you can specify the number of judgments you would like each row to receive.\n# Responses and Messaging\nEach request to the Appen API returns an HTTP status code response and one or both of the following:\n* An application response message (in JSON) \n* A JSON representation of the object (job, unit, or judgments) requested\nSee the below sections of different API Requests, Responses and Messaging for more information:\n1. [Job Create/Update](/#tag/Job-CreateUpdate)\n2. [Manage Job Data](/#tag/Manage-Job-Data)\n3. [Job Status](/#tag/Job-Status)\n4. [Monitor Contributors](/#tag/Monitor-Contributors)\n5. [Manage Job Settings](/#tag/Manage-Job-Settings)\n6. [Job Results](/#tag/Job-Results)\n7. [Account Info](/#tag/Account-Info)\n" license: name: Licensed under Apache 2.0 url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html termsOfService: https://www.appen.com/privacy-statement/ contact: email: help@appen.com servers: - url: https://api.appen.com/v1 description: Production Server tags: - name: Monitor Contributors description: Monitor contributor status and settings. externalDocs: url: https://success.appen.com/hc/en-us/articles/202703435-Jobs-Resource-Attributes paths: /jobs/{job_id}/workers/{contributor_id}/bonus.json: post: tags: - Monitor Contributors summary: Pay a contributor bonus. description: 'Pay a Contributor Bonus. Deposits bonus payment amount specified in the request into the indicated Contributor''s account. Corresponds to Award Bonus button in the UI. ' parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/job_id' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/api_key' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/contributor_id' - in: query name: amount description: A USD value specified in cents i.e. $5.00 == `amount=500` required: true schema: type: integer responses: '200': description: JSON application message indicating status of operation x-code-samples: - lang: Shell label: cURL source: "# pay a $5 USD bonus to worker identified by {contributor_id} \ncurl -X POST \\\n\"https://api.appen.com/v1/jobs/{job_id}/workers/{contributor_id}/bonus.json\" \\\n-d \"amount=500\" \\\n-H \"Authorization: Token token={api_key}\" \\\n" /jobs/{job_id}/workers/{contributor_id}/notify.json: post: tags: - Monitor Contributors summary: Send a message to a contributor. description: 'Notify a Contributor. Notifies a Contributor with the message provided in the request. The notification appears in the Contributor''s dashboard. Corresponds to the Notify Contributor button showns in the UI. ' parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/job_id' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/api_key' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/contributor_id' - in: query name: message required: true schema: type: string responses: '200': description: JSON application message indicating status of operation x-code-samples: - lang: Shell label: cURL source: '# send praise to worker identified by {contributor_id}; curl -X POST \ "https://api.appen.com/v1/jobs/{job_id}/workers/{contributor_id}/notify.json" \ --data-urlencode "message=Nice work on X, thanks!!" \ -H "Authorization: Token token={api_key}" \ ' /jobs/{job_id}/workers/{contributor_id}.json: put: tags: - Monitor Contributors summary: Control contributor flags. description: Flag and unflag contributors on a job parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/job_id' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/api_key' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/contributor_id' - in: query name: flag required: false description: 'Flags a contributor with the reason indicated in the request. Corresponds to the Flag button on the Contributors page. ' schema: type: string - in: query name: unflag required: false description: Unflags a contributor with the reason indicated in the request schema: type: string - in: query name: persist required: false description: 'Flags a contributor with the reason indicated in the request across all jobs for a user. Corresponds to the Flag button on the Contributors page. ' schema: type: boolean responses: '200': description: JSON application message indicating status of operation x-code-samples: - lang: Shell label: cURL - flag source: '# flag worker identified by {contributor_id}; curl -X PUT \ "https://api.appen.com/v1/jobs/{job_id}/workers/{contributor_id}.json" \ --data-urlencode "flag=All answers in Job 12345 were ASDFGHJK" \ -H "Authorization: Token token={api_key}" ' - lang: Shell label: cURL - unflag source: '# flag worker identified by {contributor_id}; curl -X PUT \ "https://api.appen.com/v1/jobs/{job_id}/workers/{contributor_id}.json" \ --data-urlencode "unflag=There was an encoding issue that garbled their answers" \ -H "Authorization: Token token={api_key}" \ ' /jobs/{job_id}/workers/{contributor_id}/reject.json: put: tags: - Monitor Contributors summary: Reject a contributor. description: Rejects a contributor with the reason indicated in the request. parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/job_id' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/api_key' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/contributor_id' - in: query name: reason required: false description: 'Flags a contributor with the reason indicated in the request. Corresponds to the Flag button on the Contributors page. ' schema: type: string - in: query name: manual required: true description: Set to "true" for the reject to work... schema: type: boolean responses: '200': description: JSON application message indicating status of operation x-code-samples: - lang: Shell label: cURL source: '# reject worker identified by {contributor_id} curl -X PUT \ "https://api.appen.com/v1/jobs/{job_id}/workers/{contributor_id}/reject.json" \ -d "reason=All answers in Job 12345 were ASDFGHJK" \ -d "manual=true" \ -H "Authorization: Token token={api_key}" ' components: schemas: new_job_id: description: Integer identifier of the requested resource (Job, Unit, Workflow) used in API request paths and response bodies. type: integer format: int64 readOnly: true minimum: 1 maximum: 9223372036854776000 example: 1234567 parameters: contributor_id: name: contributor_id in: path required: true description: "A unique identifier for an individual contributor who provides judgements (annotations) on units. Variable name: `{contributor_id}`. \n" schema: type: integer format: int32 api_key: name: key in: query required: true description: "Your personal Appen API key; used to access the Appen platform. Can be found in your [account settings](https://client.appen.com/account/api). Variable name: `{api_key}`. \n" schema: type: string job_id: in: path name: job_id description: "A unique identifier for a job or task that is distributed to contributors. Variable name: `{job_id}`. \n" required: true schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/new_job_id'