'GET /api/tool_shed_repositories/{id}/status
Display a dictionary containing information about a specified repository\'s installation
status and a list of its dependencies and the status of each.
:param id: the repository\'s encoded id'

@expose_api
@web.require_admin
def status(self, trans, **kwd):

    repository_ids = kwd.get('repositories', None)
    repositories = []
    if (repository_ids is not None):
        for repository_id in repository_ids.split('|'):
            tool_shed_repository_dict = self.__get_repo_dict_by_id(repository_id)
            repositories.append(tool_shed_repository_dict)
        return repositories
    else:
        return []
