// retrieve the sessioned user
   var user:YahooUser = _session.getSessionedUser();
   
   // add presence response event listeners
   user.presence.addEventListener(YahooResultEvent.GET_STATUS_SUCCESS, handleGetStatusSuccess);
   user.presence.addEventListener(YahooResultEvent.GET_STATUS_FAILURE, handleGetStatusFailure);
   user.presence.getStatus();
  
   function handleGetStatusSuccess(event:YahooResultEvent):void
   {
    var status:Object = event.data;
       var message:String = status.message;
    // do something
   }
  
   function handleGetStatusFailure(event:YahooResultEvent):void
   {
    // there was an error fetching the data
       // do something  
   }