Add status viewer

README.md

@@ -16,4 +16,12 @@ Usage:
 
 `python3 threads.py https://your_mastodon.instance/@username@their.instance/1234`
 
-⚠ Note! Large conversations may take a long time to retrieve from the API.
+⚠ Note! Large conversations may take a long time to retrieve from the API.
+
+## Status
+
+Pretty Prints (in colour!) all the data behind a status.
+
+Usage:
+
+`python3 status.py https://mastodon.social/@Edent/109358520333182101`

status.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import config
+from mastodon import Mastodon
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+import argparse
+from rich.pretty import pprint
+
+#  Take a command line argument. e.g. python3 threads.py https://mastodon.example/@me@somewhere/1234
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Display the data behind a Mastodon status.')
+parser.add_argument('url', metavar='URl', type=str, help='A URl of a post on your instance of Mastodon')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+path = urlparse(args.url).path
+path_list = path.split("/")
+path_id = path_list[-1]
+
+if path_id.isdigit() :
+   #  Status ID
+   #  This is the ID from *your* instance
+   status_id = int(path_id)
+else :
+   print("Hmmm... That doesn't look like a valid Mastodon Status URl.\n" +
+         "It should look like https://mastodon.example/@me@somewhere/1234\n" +
+         "The last part of the URl must be the status ID, which is a number."
+   )
+   exit()
+
+#  Set up access
+mastodon = Mastodon( api_base_url=config.instance, access_token=config.access_token )
+
+#  Get the status
+status = mastodon.status(status_id)
+
+pprint(status)