{"id":350,"date":"2015-04-02T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T10:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.microworkers.com\/?p=350"},"modified":"2015-04-02T10:30:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T10:30:37","slug":"whats-new-in-microworkers-hg-lock-task-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microworkers.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-microworkers-hg-lock-task-api\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New in Microworkers: HG Lock Task API"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Creating a campaign under \u201cHire Group\u201d allows you to set the maximum positions a Worker can accept and how many minutes they should complete the job.<\/p>\n

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When a Worker starts working on the job, we lock one position to that Worker according to the number of minutes specified in the \u2018Create HG Campaign\u2019 page. Thus, the Worker must complete the task and submit proof before the job expires (allotted minutes run out).<\/p>\n

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We just released a Task Lock API function you will find very useful in running your HG Campaigns with more than one \u201cMax positions a Worker can accept.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Using the lock_task API<\/a> together with the submit_proof API<\/a>, the Worker doesn\u2019t have to come back to your campaign page to fetch more positions. If he is\u00a0allowed up to 10 positions, he\u00a0simply have to grab the first position, complete the first task, and then stay on the same page to perform the next 9 jobs allotted for him.<\/p>\n

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Here is an example.<\/p>\n