docs: def uri_read(*args, **kwargs):
      """
      Reads the contents of a URI into a string or bytestring.
      See :func:`uri_open` for complete description of keyword parameters.
  
      :returns: Contents of URI
      :rtype: str, bytes
      """
  
      with uri_open(*args, **kwargs) as f:
          content = f.read()
      return content