code: def read(path_or_url, include_alpha=False, flag=None):
      """Reads the image from the given path as a numpy array.
  
      Color images are returned as RGB arrays.
  
      Args:
          path: the filepath or URL of the image
          include_alpha (False): whether to include the alpha channel of the
              image, if present, in the returned array
          flag (None): an optional OpenCV image format flag to use. If provided,
              this flag takes precedence over ``include_alpha``
  
      Returns:
          a uint8 numpy array containing the image
      """
      return etai.read(
          path_or_url, include_alpha=include_alpha, flag=flag
      )
  
imports: import logging
  import os
  import eta.core.image
  import eta.core.utils
  import fiftyone.core.storage
  import fiftyone.core.utils
  import fiftyone.core.validation
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: read(path_or_url, include_alpha, flag) and returns: etai