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_bad_url_raises(value):
    try:
        inputs.url(value)
        assert False, "shouldn't get here"
    except ValueError as e:
        assert_equal(six.text_type(e), u"{0} is not a valid URL".format(value))