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Django framework for crowdsourcing complex tasks using MTurk
http://smus.com/crowdforge

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CrowdForge: Crowdsourcing Complex Work (released for non-commercial use creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) Getting CrowdForge to run locally: 1. Prerequisites: python, django, boto (tested with python-2.7, django-1.2.5 and boto-1.8d). Known issues with boto-1.9b. - NOTE: There's a bug in boto-1.8d that you need to tweak. Change connection.py:466 to say value = self.connection.get_utf8_value(value) (instead of) value = self.get_utf8_value(value) 2. Download: go to https://github.com/borismus/CrowdForge and get the tarball. 3. Extract: let's say to ~/crowdforge 4. Configure: tweak settings.py - specify AWS keys found at URL: https://aws-portal.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/account/index.html?ie=UTF8&action=access-key - specify absolute URL to your templates directory 5. Create database: run ./manage.py syncdb, create new account 6. Run server: run ./manage.py runserver 7. Test! 8. Setup cron jobs! Testing CrowdForge 1. Point browser to localhost:8000/admin (or whatever your production server URL is) and login. 2. Add a new Problem instance. Give it a name and these parameters - flow: SimpleFlow, - partition: create article - map: collect a fact - reduce: write a paragraph 3. Run `./manage.py poll` manually, and a HIT should be created (check the MTurk server) - expected output: 4. Do a sample HIT from the new HIT group 5. Run `./manage.py poll` again, and a Result should be created locally (look in db or check http://localhost:8000/turk/problem/YOUR_PROBLEM_ID) - expected output: results retrieved [<Result: Result for "Create an Article Ou... #141KMADQXJEYF9EQWEG9UA7S6J5JEW">] Setting up Cron Jobs 0. Basically, you want to run `./manage.py poll` periodically 1. So just tweak your crontab - `crontab -e` - Create a line that says something like "*/15 * * * * /path/to/manage.py poll >> /path/to/crowdforge.log" Getting CrowdForge deployed on a production server: 1. Get CrowdForge running locally (as per instructions above) 2. Get django and crowdforge running on a public facing server 3. Tweak settings.py: - specify external URL of your server in settings.py - switch from sandbox to production - change the database engine to be mysql or postgresql 4. Resync database 5. Do a test 6. Setup cron jobs Advanced: Make your own Hit Types 1. Open management console (localhost:8000/admin or whatever) 2. Add a new Hit Type. 3. Specify title, description and body. These fields can all be parametrized, depending on your flow. Advanced: Make your own flow 1. Open crowdforge/flows.py 2. Create your own subclass of Flow. See SimpleFlow for an example. 3. Don't forget to register your new flow using register('MyNewFlow', MyNewFlow)