import os.path TEST_ASSET_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'assets') def asset(filename): return os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, filename) def read_xml_asset(filename): with open(asset(filename), 'rb') as f: return f.read().decode('utf-8') def read_xml_assets(*args): return map(read_xml_asset, args)