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 step_impl(context):
    data = json.loads(context.text)
    receiver_name = re.match(r"\<(\w+)'s id\>", data['receiver']).group(1)
    data['receiver'] = context.users[receiver_name]['id']
    context.request.add_data(data)