code: def render(json_data, saltenv='base', sls='', **kws):
      '''
      Accepts JSON as a string or as a file object and runs it through the JSON
      parser.
  
      :rtype: A Python data structure
      '''
      if not isinstance(json_data, six.string_types):
          json_data = json_data.read()
  
      if json_data.startswith('#!'):
          json_data = json_data[(json_data.find('\n') + 1):]
      if not json_data.strip():
          return {}
      return json.loads(json_dataf render(json_data, saltenv='base', sls='', **kws):
      '''
      Accepts JSON as a string or as a file object and runs it through the JSON
      parser.
  
      :rtype: A Python data structure
      '''
      if not isinstance(json_data, six.string_types):
          json_data = json_data.read()
  
      if json_data.startswith('#!'):
          json_data = json_data[(json_data.find('\n') + 1):]
      if not json_data.strip():
          return {}
      return json.loads(json_data)
docs: Accepts JSON as a string or as a file object and runs it through the JSON
      parser.
  
      :rtype: A Python data structure