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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_status(self, mxit_id, scope='profile/public'):
 """ Retrieve the Mxit user's current status No user authentication required """

        status = _get(
            token=self.oauth.get_app_token(scope),
            uri='/user/public/statusmessage/' + urllib.quote(mxit_id)
        )

        if status.startswith('"') and status.endswith('"'):
            status = status[1:-1]

        return status