def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def check_url_error_message(value):
    try:
        inputs.url(value)
        assert False, u"inputs.url({0}) should raise an exception".format(value)
    except ValueError as e:
        assert_equal(six.text_type(e),
                     (u"{0} is not a valid URL. Did you mean: http://{0}".format(value)))