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 get_snapshot_metadata(self, snapshot_id):
        """Get metadata of the snapshot."""
        url = "snapshots/%s/metadata" % str(snapshot_id)
        resp, body = self.get(url)
        body = json.loads(body)
        return resp, body['metadata']