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# CreateQualificationType
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## Description
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The `CreateQualificationType` operation creates a new Qualification type, which is represented by a [QualificationType](ApiReference_QualificationTypeDataStructureArticle.md) data structure. 

## Request Parameters
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 `CreateQualificationType` accepts parameters common to all operations. Some common parameters are required. See [Common Parameters](ApiReference_CommonParametersArticle.md) for more information. 

 The following parameters are specific to the `CreateQualificationType` operation: 


| Name | Description | Required | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
|  `Operation`  | The name of the operation.<br />Type: String<br />Valid Values: CreateQualificationType<br />Default: None | Yes | 
|  `Name`  |  The name you give to the Qualification type. The type name is used to represent the Qualification to Workers, and to find the type using a Qualification type search. <br />Type: String<br />Default: None<br />Constraints: Must be unique across all of your Qualification types. | Yes | 
|  `Description`  |  A long description for the Qualification type. On the Amazon Mechanical Turk website, the long description is displayed when a Worker examines a Qualification type. <br />Type: String<br />Default: None<br />Constraints: Must be less than or equal to 2000 characters. | Yes | 
|  `Keywords`  |  One or more words or phrases that describe the Qualification type, separated by commas. The keywords of a type make the type easier to find during a search. <br />Type: String<br />Default: None<br />Constraints: Must be less than or equal to 1000 characters, including commas and spaces. | No | 
|  `RetryDelayInSeconds`  |  The number of seconds that a Worker must wait after requesting a Qualification of the Qualification type before the worker can retry the Qualification request.<br />Type: Non-negative integer<br /> Default: None. If not specified, retries are disabled and Workers can request a Qualification of this type only once, even if the Worker has not been granted the Qualification. <br />It is not possible to disable retries for a Qualification type after it has been created with retries enabled. If you want to disable retries, you must dispose of the existing retry-enabled Qualification type using [DisposeQualificationType](ApiReference_DisposeQualificationTypeOperation.md) and then create a new Qualification type with retries disabled.  | No | 
|  `QualificationTypeStatus`  |  The initial status of the Qualification type. <br />Type: String<br />Valid Values: Active \| Inactive<br />Default: None | Yes | 
|  `Test`  |  The questions for the Qualification test a Worker must answer correctly to obtain a Qualification of this type. <br /> If this parameter is specified, `TestDurationInSeconds` must also be specified. <br /> Type: String <br /> Default: None. If not specified, the Worker may request the Qualification without answering any questions. <br /> Constraints: Must not be longer than 65535 bytes. Must be a [QuestionForm](ApiReference_QuestionFormDataStructureArticle.md) data structure. This parameter cannot be specified if `AutoGranted` is `true`.  | No | 
|  `AnswerKey`  |  The answers to the Qualification test specified in the `Test` parameter, in the form of an [AnswerKey](ApiReference_AnswerKeyDataStructureArticle.md) data structure. <br /> Type: String <br />Default: None. If not specified, you must process Qualification requests manually.<br /> Constraints: Must not be longer than 65535 bytes. | No | 
|  `TestDurationInSeconds`  |  The number of seconds the Worker has to complete the Qualification test, starting from the time the Worker requests the Qualification. <br />Type: Integer<br />Valid Values: Positive integer<br />Default: None<br /> Conditions: Required if the `Test` parameter is specified.  | Conditional | 
|  `AutoGranted`  |  Specifies whether requests for the Qualification type are granted immediately, without prompting the Worker with a Qualification test.<br />Type: Boolean<br />Valid Values: `true` \| `false`<br />Default: None<br /> Constraints: If the `Test` parameter is specified, this parameter cannot be `true`.  | No | 
|  `AutoGrantedValue`  |  The Qualification value to use for automatically granted Qualifications. This parameter is used only if the `AutoGranted` parameter is `true`. <br />Type: Integer<br />Default: 1 | No | 

## Response Elements
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 A successful request for the `CreateQualificationType` operation includes the elements found in the following table: 


| Name | Description | 
| --- | --- | 
|  `QualificationType`  |  The created Qualification type. <br /> Type: A [QualificationType](ApiReference_QualificationTypeDataStructureArticle.md) data structure.  | 

## Examples
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The following example shows how to use the `CreateQualificationType` operation.

### Sample Request
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The following example creates a Qualification type.

```
1. https://mechanicalturk.amazonaws.com/?Service=AWSMechanicalTurkRequester
2. &AWSAccessKeyId={{[the Requester's Access Key ID]}}
3. &Version=2017-01-17
4. &Operation=CreateQualificationType
5. &Signature={{[signature for this request]}}
6. &Timestamp={{[your system's local time]}}
7. &Name=EnglishWritingAbility
8. &Description=The%20ability%20to%20write%20and%20edit%20text...
9. &QualificationTypeStatus=Active
```

### Sample Response
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The following is an example response.

```
<CreateQualificationTypeResponse>
  <OperationRequest>
    <RequestId>5218189c-1d7e-49a3-abbf-672fb5e77c66</RequestId>
  </OperationRequest>
  <QualificationType>
    <Request>
      <IsValid>True</IsValid>
    </Request>
    <QualificationTypeId>ZSPJXD4F1SFZP7YNJWR0</QualificationTypeId>
    <CreationTime>2009-07-13T17:26:33Z</CreationTime>
    <Name>SampleQualificationTest</Name>
    <Description>Description of my qualification test.</Description>
    <QualificationTypeStatus>Active</QualificationTypeStatus>
    <AutoGranted>0</AutoGranted>
  </QualificationType>
</CreateQualificationTypeResponse>
```

## Related Operations
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+ [AssignQualification](ApiReference_AssignQualificationOperation.md)
+ [DisposeQualificationType](ApiReference_DisposeQualificationTypeOperation.md) 
+ [GetQualificationType](ApiReference_GetQualificationTypeOperation.md)
+ [UpdateQualificationType](ApiReference_UpdateQualificationTypeOperation.md)