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 delete_snapshot_metadata_item(self, snapshot_id, id):
        """Delete metadata item for the snapshot."""
        url = "snapshots/%s/metadata/%s" % (str(snapshot_id), str(id))
        resp, body = self.delete(url)
        return resp, body