Added new helper function

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,40 @@
 # ID3ED (ID3 - Encoder - Decoder)
 ## Library for encoding/decoding ID3 tags
 
+# Installation 
+`go get https://github.com/Unbewohnte/id3ed`
+
+# Usage
+
+```
+package main
+
+import(
+    "fmt"
+    "github.com/Unbewohnte/id3ed"
+)
+
+func main() {
+    mp3file, err := os.Open("/path/to/mp3/myMP3.mp3")
+    if err != nil {
+        panic(err)
+    }
+
+    mp3tags, err := GetID3v11Tags(mp3file)
+    if err != nil {
+       panic(err)
+    }
+
+    // printing all tags
+    fmt.Printf("%+v",mp3tags)
+
+    // getting certain tag
+    songname := mp3tags.GetSongName()
+
+    // etc.
+}
+
+```
+
 # Under construction !
 ## Bugs are a possibility rn in this state

id3v10.go

@@ -38,17 +38,17 @@ func GetID3v1Tags(rs io.ReadSeeker) (*ID3v1Tags, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("does not use ID3v1")
 	}
 
-	songname, err := read(rs, 30)
+	songname, err := readToString(rs, 30)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	artist, err := read(rs, 30)
+	artist, err := readToString(rs, 30)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	album, err := read(rs, 30)
+	album, err := readToString(rs, 30)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func GetID3v1Tags(rs io.ReadSeeker) (*ID3v1Tags, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not convert yearbytes into int: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	comment, err := read(rs, 30)
+	comment, err := readToString(rs, 30)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ func GetID3v1Tags(rs io.ReadSeeker) (*ID3v1Tags, error) {
 	}
 
 	return &ID3v1Tags{
-		SongName: string(songname),
+		SongName: songname,
-		Artist:   string(artist),
+		Artist:   artist,
-		Album:    string(album),
+		Album:    album,
 		Year:     year,
-		Comment:  string(comment),
+		Comment:  comment,
 		Genre:    genre,
 	}, nil
 }

id3v11.go

@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ func GetID3v11Tags(rs io.ReadSeeker) (*ID3v11Tags, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("does not use ID3v1")
 	}
 
-	songname, err := read(rs, 30)
+	songname, err := readToString(rs, 30)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	artist, err := read(rs, 30)
+	artist, err := readToString(rs, 30)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	album, err := read(rs, 30)
+	album, err := readToString(rs, 30)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func GetID3v11Tags(rs io.ReadSeeker) (*ID3v11Tags, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not convert yearbytes into int: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	comment, err := read(rs, 28)
+	comment, err := readToString(rs, 28)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ func GetID3v11Tags(rs io.ReadSeeker) (*ID3v11Tags, error) {
 	}
 
 	return &ID3v11Tags{
-		SongName: string(songname),
+		SongName: songname,
-		Artist:   string(artist),
+		Artist:   artist,
-		Album:    string(album),
+		Album:    album,
 		Year:     year,
-		Comment:  string(comment),
+		Comment:  comment,
 		Track:    track,
 		Genre:    genre,
 	}, nil

util.go

@@ -15,3 +15,13 @@ func read(rs io.Reader, n int) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	return read, nil
 }
+
+// Shortcut function to read n bytes and convert them into string
+func readToString(rs io.Reader, n int) (string, error) {
+	read := make([]byte, n)
+	_, err := rs.Read(read)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not read from reader: %s", err)
+	}
+	return string(read), nil
+}