code: def getItem(self, itemID):
          
          collections = self.get_data_collections()
  
          itemID = scrubID(itemID)
  
          for coll in collections:
              note = self.noteDB[coll].find_one({"ID": itemID})
              if note is not None:
                  del note["_id"]
                  note['type'] = coll
                  break
  
          return note
docs: :desc: Given an ID return the note JSON object
                     {u'note': u'note8',
                      u'ID': 3.0,
                      u'tags': [u'8'],
                      u'timestamps': [1381719620.315899]}
             :param int itemID: The item ID, an integer
             :returns: The matching note
             :rval: int