old_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  
  from os.path import abspath
  from os.path import dirname
  from os.path import join
  from json import load
  
  
  def _load_meta(path):
      """
      Load meta data about this package from file package.json.
      :param path: The path to package.json
      :return: Dictionary of key value pairs.
      """
      with open(path) as f:
          meta = load(f, encoding='utf-8')
          meta = {k: v.decode('utf-8') if isinstance(v, bytes) else v
                  for k, v in meta.items()}
  
          src_dir = abspath(dirname(path))
  
          if 'requirements' in meta and \
                  str(meta['requirements']).startswith('file://'):
              req_path = str(meta['requirements'])[7:]
              req_path = join(src_dir, req_path)
              reqs = open(req_path, 'r').read().strip().split('\n')
              reqs = [req.strip() for req in reqs if 'git+' not in req]
              meta['requirements'] = reqs
  
          if 'long_description' in meta and \
                  str(meta['long_description']).startswith('file://'):
              readme_path = str(meta['long_description'])[7:]
              readme_path = join(src_dir, readme_path)
              readme = open(readme_path, 'r').read().strip()
              meta['long_description'] = readme
  
      return meta
  
  
  package = join(abspath(dirname(__file__)), 'package.json')
  meta = _load_meta(package)
  
  __author__ = meta.get('author')
  __email__ = meta.get('author_email')
  __license__ = meta.get('license')
  __version__ = meta.get('version')
  
new_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  
  from os.path import abspath
  from os.path import dirname
  from os.path import exists
  from os.path import join
  from json import load
  
  
  def _load_meta(path):
      """
      Load meta data about this package from file package.json.
      :param path: The path to package.json
      :return: Dictionary of key value pairs.
      """
      with open(path) as f:
          meta = load(f, encoding='utf-8')
          meta = {k: v.decode('utf-8') if isinstance(v, bytes) else v
                  for k, v in meta.items()}
  
          src_dir = abspath(dirname(path))
  
          if 'requirements' in meta and \
                  str(meta['requirements']).startswith('file://'):
              req_path = str(meta['requirements'])[7:]
              req_path = join(src_dir, req_path)
              if exists(req_path):
                  reqs = open(req_path, 'r').read().strip().split('\n')
                  reqs = [req.strip() for req in reqs if 'git+' not in req]
                  meta['requirements'] = reqs
              else:
                  meta['requirements'] = ''
  
          if 'long_description' in meta and \
                  str(meta['long_description']).startswith('file://'):
              readme_path = str(meta['long_description'])[7:]
              readme_path = join(src_dir, readme_path)
              if exists(readme_path):
                  readme = open(readme_path, 'r').read().strip()
                  meta['long_description'] = readme
              else:
                  meta['long_description'] = ''
  
      return meta
  
  
  package = join(abspath(dirname(__file__)), 'package.json')
  meta = _load_meta(package)
  
  __author__ = meta.get('author')
  __email__ = meta.get('author_email')
  __license__ = meta.get('license')
  __version__ = meta.get('version')
  
subject: Add checks whether linked files (file://) exist or not