# Creating HITs


A human intelligence task, or HIT, is a question your application asks and a worker answers. There are two primary ways to create tasks (HITs) in Amazon Mechanical Turk (Mechanical Turk): directly or using a HIT Type ID. In both cases, you need to provide a valid question and attributes for your HIT.

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## Create a HIT Directly
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## Create a HIT using a HIT Type
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## Create a HIT Directly


The most common way to create HITs in Mechanical Turk is via the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/AWSMturkAPI/ApiReference_CreateHITOperation.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/AWSMturkAPI/ApiReference_CreateHITOperation.html) operation. This API can be called with a JSON object containing the following values. 

```
{ 
  "Title": String,
  "Description": String,
  "Question": String,
  "HITLayoutId": String,
  "HITLayoutParameters": HITLayoutParameterList,
  "Reward": String,
  "AssignmentDurationInSeconds": Integer,
  "LifetimeInSeconds": Integer,
  "Keywords": String,
  "MaxAssignments": Integer,
  "AutoApprovalDelayInSeconds": Integer,
  "QualificationRequirements": QualificationRequirementList,
  "AssignmentReviewPolicy": ReviewPolicy,
  "HITReviewPolicy": ReviewPolicy,
  "RequesterAnnotation": String,
  "UniqueRequestToken": String
 }
```

The response includes the `HITId` that was generated for the task as well as the `HITTypeId` that has been assigned to the HIT.  It also includes all of the attributes of the HIT that were provided in the `CreateHIT` call. 

## Create a HIT using a HIT Type


Creating a HIT with a HIT Type allows you to be explicit about which HITs ought to be the same type and is a best practice for customers creating large numbers of HITs.  It is also valuable when connecting notifications to your HITs as described in [Use Mechanical Turk notifications](Concepts_NotificationsArticle.md).

 When creating a HIT using a HIT Type, you can use a HIT Type ID generated via a previous [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/AWSMturkAPI/ApiReference_CreateHITOperation.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/AWSMturkAPI/ApiReference_CreateHITOperation.html) call or generate one by calling the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/AWSMturkAPI/ApiReference_CreateHITTypeOperation.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/AWSMturkAPI/ApiReference_CreateHITTypeOperation.html) operation. This API can be called with a JSON object containing the following values. 

```
{ 
  "Title": String,
  "Description": String,
  "Reward": String,
  "AssignmentDurationInSeconds": Integer,
  "Keywords": String,
  "AutoApprovalDelayInSeconds": Integer,
  "QualificationRequirements": QualificationRequirementList
}
 
```

The response includes a generated `HITTypeId`, or the ID of an existing HIT Type in your account that has the same attributes. The `HITTypeId` can then be used to call [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/AWSMturkAPI/ApiReference_CreateHITWithHITTypeOperation.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/AWSMturkAPI/ApiReference_CreateHITWithHITTypeOperation.html) with a JSON object containing the following values. 

```
{ 
  "HITTypeId": String,
  "Question": String,
  "HITLayoutId": String,
  "HITLayoutParameters": HITLayoutParameterList,
  "LifetimeInSeconds": Integer,
  "MaxAssignments": Integer,
  "AssignmentReviewPolicy": ReviewPolicy,
  "HITReviewPolicy": ReviewPolicy,
  "RequesterAnnotation": String,
  "UniqueRequestToken": String
 }
 
```

The response includes the `HITId` that was generated for the HIT and all of the attributes of the HIT.