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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 _get_operation_http(self):
 """Checks the status of the current operation. Uses HTTP request to check. :rtype: :class:`~google.longrunning.operations_pb2.Operation` :returns: The latest status of the current operation. """

        path = "operations/%s" % (self.name,)
        api_response = self.client._connection.api_request(method="GET", path=path)
        return json_format.ParseDict(api_response, operations_pb2.Operation())