diff --git a/src/content/read.rs b/src/content/read.rs
index 4d5d525..4c30286 100644
--- a/src/content/read.rs
+++ b/src/content/read.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 use crate::content::path::content_path;
 use ssri::Integrity;
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::fs::File;
+use std::fs::{self, File};
+use std::io;
 
-pub fn open(cache: &Path, sri: &Integrity) -> std::io::Result<File> {
+pub fn open(cache: &Path, sri: &Integrity) -> io::Result<File> {
     File::open(content_path(&cache, &sri))
 }
 
-pub fn copy(cache: &Path, sri: &Integrity, to: &Path) -> std::io::Result<u64> {
-    std::fs::copy(content_path(&cache, &sri), to)
+pub fn read(cache: &Path, sri: &Integrity) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    fs::read(content_path(&cache, &sri))
+}
+
+pub fn read_to_string(cache: &Path, sri: &Integrity) -> io::Result<String> {
+    fs::read_to_string(content_path(&cache, &sri))
+}
+
+pub fn copy(cache: &Path, sri: &Integrity, to: &Path) -> io::Result<u64> {
+    fs::copy(content_path(&cache, &sri), to)
 }