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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def pipeline_status(url, pipeline_id, auth, verify_ssl):
 """Retrieve the current status for a pipeline. Args: url (str):
 the host url in the form 'http://host:port/'. pipeline_id (str):
 the ID of of the exported pipeline. auth (tuple):
 a tuple of username, and password. verify_ssl (bool):
 whether to verify ssl certificates Returns: dict: the response json """

    status_result = requests.get(url + '/' + pipeline_id + '/status', headers=X_REQ_BY, auth=auth, verify=verify_ssl)
    status_result.raise_for_status()
    logging.debug('Status request: ' + url + '/status')
    logging.debug(status_result.json())
    return status_result.json()