new_contents: """
  Report the status of an SRA run
  """
  
  import os
  import sys
  import argparse
  import requests
  import json
  
  
  def get_status(runids, verbose, url='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Traces/sra/status/srastatrep.fcgi/acc-mirroring?acc='):
      """
      Get the status of the run
      :param runid: the set of run ids to get
      :param verbose: more output
      :param url: the base url to append the status to
      :return:
      """
  
      req = url + ",".join(runids)
      if args.v:
          sys.stderr.write("Getting {}\n".format(req))
      r = requests.get(req)
      if args.v:
          sys.stderr.write("Status: {}\n".format(r.status_code))
      d = json.loads(r.text)
      return d
  
  def print_full(runids, data, verbose):
      """
      Print the full output
      :param runids: the set of run ids to check
      :param data: the json object
      :param verbose: more output
      :return:
      """
  
      for r in data['rows']:
          if r[0] not in runids:
              sys.stderr.write("Expected an accession of {} but found {}\n".format(runid))
          for i, j in zip(data['column_names'], r):
              print("{}\t{}".format(i, j))
  
  def print_status(runids, data, verbose):
      """
      Print the status of the run
      :param runids: the set of run ids to check
      :param data:
      :param verbose:
      :return:
      """
  
      s = data['column_names'].index('Status')
      for r in data['rows']:
          if r[0] not in runids:
              sys.stderr.write("Expected an accession of {} but found {}\n".format(runid))
          print("{}\t{}".format(r[0], r[s]))
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Return the status of an SRA run")
      parser.add_argument('-r', help='SRA Run ID', required=True, action='append')
      parser.add_argument('-f', help="full output", action='store_true')
      parser.add_argument('-v', help='verbose output', action="store_true")
      args = parser.parse_args()
  
  
  
      allruns = set()
      for r in args.r:
          allruns.update(r.split(','))
      data = get_status(allruns, args.v)
      if args.f:
          print_full(allruns, data, args.v)
      else:
          print_status(allruns, data, args.v)
subject: Check the status of a read