code: def read_data(file_path):
      
  
      if not is_valid(file_path):
          write_data(file_path, {})
  
      db = open_file_for_reading(file_path)
      content = db.read()
  
      obj = decode(content)
  
      db.close()
  
      return obj
docs: Reads a file and returns a json encoded representation of the file.