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 _verify_toplevel_json(self, replay_data):
        fn = self._filename

        if "version" not in replay_data:
            raise TransactionReplayError(fn, _('Missing key "{key}".'.format(key="version")))

        self._assert_type(replay_data["version"], str, "version", "string")

        _check_version(replay_data["version"], fn)