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 run(self):

        logger.info('starting webapp')
        logger.info('hosted at %s' % settings.WEBAPP_IP)
        logger.info('running on port %d' % settings.WEBAPP_PORT)

        app.run(settings.WEBAPP_IP, settings.WEBAPP_PORT)