import json


def readJSON(dbFile : str) -> dict:
    """Read the json file with the given path, and return the contents as a dictionary.
    
    :param str dbFile: Path to the file to read
    :return: The contents of the requested json file, parsed into a python dictionary
    :rtype: dict 
    """
    f = open(dbFile, "r")
    txt = f.read()
    f.close()
    return json.loads(txt)