diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 894a44cc..d7d910e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -102,3 +102,5 @@ venv.bak/
 
 # mypy
 .mypy_cache/
+/.idea/
+/examples/.restconfig.json
diff --git a/blackduck/HubRestApi.py b/blackduck/HubRestApi.py
index 4bac9e36..ecb8c121 100755
--- a/blackduck/HubRestApi.py
+++ b/blackduck/HubRestApi.py
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ def get_projects(self, limit=100, parameters={}):
         headers['Accept'] = 'application/vnd.blackducksoftware.project-detail-4+json'
         logger.debug(f"Retrieving projects using url {url}")
         response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, verify = not self.config['insecure'])
+        ## @SMELL need to gracfully handle not finding the project
         jsondata = response.json()
         return jsondata
 
@@ -1255,6 +1256,32 @@ def get_project_info(self, project_name, link_name):
         else:
             return {} # nada
 
+    def get_project_violation_status(self, project_name, version):
+
+        project = self.get_project_by_name(project_name)
+        if (project is None):
+            logging.debug("Project " + project_name + " not found")
+            return ("NO_PROJECT")
+
+        link = self.get_link(project, "versions")
+        if link:
+            response = self.execute_get(link)
+            if response.status_code == 200:
+                versions_list = json.loads(response.text)
+                for version_item in versions_list['items']:
+                    logging.debug("Got version in file "+version_item['versionName'])
+                    if version == 'empty':
+                        version = version_item['versionName']
+                    if version_item['versionName'] == version:
+                        logging.debug("Found " + version)
+                        return version_item['policyStatus']
+                else:
+                    return ("VERSION_NOT_SCANNED")
+            else:
+                return ("SERVER_NOT_RETURNED_200")
+        else:
+            return {} # nada
+
     def get_project_roles(self):
         all_project_roles = self.get_roles(parameters={"filter":"scope:project"})
         return all_project_roles['items']
diff --git a/examples/get_project.py b/examples/get_project.py
index e81df058..6c712256 100644
--- a/examples/get_project.py
+++ b/examples/get_project.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 project = hub.get_project_by_name(args.project_name)
 
-print(json.dumps(project))
+print(json.dumps(project, indent=4, sort_keys=True))
 
 if args.link:
-	print(json.dumps(hub.get_project_info(args.project_name, args.link)))
\ No newline at end of file
+	print(json.dumps(hub.get_project_info(args.project_name, args.link), indent=4))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/get_project_violations.py b/examples/get_project_violations.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93845e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/get_project_violations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+'''
+Created on Nov 14, 2018
+
+@author: gsnyder
+
+Print a project given its name
+
+'''
+
+from blackduck.HubRestApi import HubInstance
+
+import argparse
+import json
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Use this to check the status of a given version for a given project.  If no version is given then it will return the status of the highest version.')
+
+parser.add_argument("--limit")
+parser.add_argument("project_name")
+parser.add_argument("--version", default="empty", help="If provided, will result in if that version passed policy check")
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+hub = HubInstance()
+
+status=hub.get_project_violation_status(args.project_name, args.version)
+print(status)
+if(status == "IN_VIOLATION"):
+    exit(0)
+elif(status == "NOT_IN_VIOLATION"):
+    exit(0)
+else:
+    exit(0)
diff --git a/examples/purge.py b/examples/purge.py
index 39300e1e..f5d01990 100644
--- a/examples/purge.py
+++ b/examples/purge.py
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@
 print ("total projects found: %s" % projects['totalCount'])
 
 for project in projects['items']:
-    print (project['name'])
+    print(project['name'])
     versions = hub.get_project_versions(project)
-    print ("\t versions found %s" % versions['totalCount'])
+    print("\t versions found %s" % versions['totalCount'])
     versionlist = versions['items']
     if len(versionlist) == 1:
         continue
     for index in range(len(versionlist) - 1):
-        print ("index is ".format(index))
+        print("index is ".format(index))
         va = versionlist[index]
         components = hub.get_version_components(va)
         codelocations = hub.get_version_codelocations(va)
         # hub.execute_delete(va['_meta']['href'])
-        print ("version {} has {} codelocations".format(va['versionName'], codelocations['totalCount']))
-        if codelocations > 0:
+        print("version {} has {} codelocations".format(va['versionName'], codelocations['totalCount']))
+        if codelocations['totalCount'] > 0:
             for codelocation in codelocations['items']:
                 print (codelocation['_meta']['href'])
                 locationid = codelocation['_meta']['href'].split("/")[5]