% get access key from % from: https://aws-portal.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/account/index.html?ie=UTF8&action=access-key aws_access_key = ; aws_secret_key = ; sandbox = true; turk = InitializeTurk(aws_access_key, aws_secret_key, sandbox); % operation list from: % http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/AWSMturkAPI/ApiReference_OperationsArticle.html result = RequestTurk(turk, 'GetAccountBalance', {'ResponseGroup.0','Minimal','ResponseGroup.1','Request'}); result.GetAccountBalanceResponse.GetAccountBalanceResult.AvailableBalance.Amount.Text