code: def validate_model(path):
      
      notifications = {"warnings": [], "errors": []}
      model, sbml_ver = val.load_cobra_model(path, notifications)
      return model, sbml_ver, notifications
docs: Validate a model structurally and optionally store results as JSON.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      path :
          Path to model file.
  
      Returns
      -------
      tuple
          cobra.Model
              The metabolic model under investigation.
          tuple
              A tuple reporting on the SBML level, version, and FBC package
              version used (if any) in the SBML document.
          dict
              A simple dictionary containing a list of errors and warnings.