import json


def read_json(json_fpath):
    """
    Read json file
    ------------------------------------------------

    Args:
        json_fpath (str) -- filepath

    Returns:
        json_dict (dict) -- contains metadata e.g. email, name_alias etc
    """

    with open(json_fpath, mode='r') as json_file:
        json_str = json_file.read()
        json_dict = json.loads(json_str)
    return json_dict