def GetStatus(self, id):
    '''Returns a single status message.

    The twitter.Api instance must be authenticated if the status message is private.

    Args:
      id: The numerical ID of the status you're trying to retrieve.

    Returns:
      A twitter.Status instance representing that status message
    '''
    try:
      if id:
        long(id)
    except:
      raise TwitterError("id must be an long integer")
    url = TWITTER_API_ROOT + 'statuses/show/%s.json' % id
    json = self._FetchUrl(url)
    data = simplejson.loads(json)
    self._CheckForTwitterError(data)
    return Status.NewFromJsonDict(data)
Returns a single status message.

    The twitter.Api instance must be authenticated if the status message is private.

    Args:
      id: The numerical ID of the status you're trying to retrieve.

    Returns:
      A twitter.Status instance representing that status message
    
twitter/twitter.py