diff --git a/types/blob/blob.go b/types/blob/blob.go
index d72f182..a7b8373 100644
--- a/types/blob/blob.go
+++ b/types/blob/blob.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type BlobConfig struct {
 	header http.Header
 	image  ociv1.Image
 	r      ref.Ref
-	rc     io.ReadCloser
+	rdr    io.Reader
 	resp   *http.Response
 }
 
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ func WithImage(image ociv1.Image) Opts {
 		bc.image = image
 	}
 }
-func WithReadCloser(rc io.ReadCloser) Opts {
+func WithReader(rc io.Reader) Opts {
 	return func(bc *BlobConfig) {
-		bc.rc = rc
+		bc.rdr = rc
 	}
 }
 func WithRef(r ref.Ref) Opts {
diff --git a/types/blob/blob_test.go b/types/blob/blob_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0301c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/blob/blob_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+package blob
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
+	ociv1 "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
+	"github.com/regclient/regclient/types"
+	"github.com/regclient/regclient/types/ref"
+)
+
+var (
+	exRef, _ = ref.New("localhost:5000/library/alpine:latest")
+	exBlob   = []byte(`
+	{
+		"created": "2021-11-24T20:19:40.483367546Z",
+		"architecture": "amd64",
+		"os": "linux",
+		"config": {
+			"Env": [
+				"PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
+			],
+			"Cmd": [
+				"/bin/sh"
+			]
+		},
+		"rootfs": {
+			"type": "layers",
+			"diff_ids": [
+				"sha256:8d3ac3489996423f53d6087c81180006263b79f206d3fdec9e66f0e27ceb8759"
+			]
+		},
+		"history": [
+			{
+				"created": "2021-11-24T20:19:40.199700946Z",
+				"created_by": "/bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:9233f6f2237d79659a9521f7e390df217cec49f1a8aa3a12147bbca1956acdb9 in / "
+			},
+			{
+				"created": "2021-11-24T20:19:40.483367546Z",
+				"created_by": "/bin/sh -c #(nop)  CMD [\"/bin/sh\"]",
+				"empty_layer": true
+			}
+		]
+	}
+	`)
+	exLen     = int64(len(exBlob))
+	exDigest  = digest.FromBytes(exBlob)
+	exMT      = types.MediaTypeDocker2ImageConfig
+	exHeaders = http.Header{
+		"Content-Type":          {types.MediaTypeDocker2ImageConfig},
+		"Content-Length":        {fmt.Sprintf("%d", exLen)},
+		"Docker-Content-Digest": {exDigest.String()},
+	}
+	exResp = http.Response{
+		Status:        http.StatusText(http.StatusOK),
+		StatusCode:    http.StatusOK,
+		Header:        exHeaders,
+		ContentLength: exLen,
+		Body:          io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(exBlob)),
+	}
+)
+
+func TestCommon(t *testing.T) {
+	// create test list
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		opts     []Opts
+		eBytes   []byte
+		eDigest  digest.Digest
+		eHeaders http.Header
+		eLen     int64
+		eMT      string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "empty",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "reader",
+			opts:    []Opts{WithReader(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(exBlob)))},
+			eBytes:  exBlob,
+			eDigest: exDigest,
+			eLen:    exLen,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "descriptor",
+			opts: []Opts{
+				WithReader(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(exBlob))),
+				WithDesc(ociv1.Descriptor{
+					MediaType: exMT,
+					Digest:    exDigest,
+					Size:      exLen,
+				}),
+				WithRef(exRef),
+			},
+			eBytes:  exBlob,
+			eDigest: exDigest,
+			eLen:    exLen,
+			eMT:     exMT,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "headers",
+			opts: []Opts{
+				WithReader(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(exBlob))),
+				WithHeader(exHeaders),
+				WithRef(exRef),
+			},
+			eBytes:   exBlob,
+			eDigest:  exDigest,
+			eHeaders: exHeaders,
+			eLen:     exLen,
+			eMT:      exMT,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "response",
+			opts: []Opts{
+				WithResp(&exResp),
+				WithRef(exRef),
+			},
+			eBytes:   exBlob,
+			eDigest:  exDigest,
+			eHeaders: exHeaders,
+			eLen:     exLen,
+			eMT:      exMT,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			b := NewReader(tt.opts...)
+			if len(tt.eBytes) > 0 {
+				bb, err := b.RawBody()
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Errorf("rawbody: %v", err)
+					return
+				}
+				if bytes.Compare(bb, tt.eBytes) != 0 {
+					t.Errorf("rawbody, expected %s, received %s", string(tt.eBytes), string(bb))
+				}
+			}
+			if tt.eDigest != "" && b.Digest() != tt.eDigest {
+				t.Errorf("digest, expected %s, received %s", tt.eDigest, b.Digest())
+			}
+			if tt.eLen > 0 && b.Length() != tt.eLen {
+				t.Errorf("length, expected %d, received %d", tt.eLen, b.Length())
+			}
+			if tt.eMT != "" && b.MediaType() != tt.eMT {
+				t.Errorf("media type, expected %s, received %s", tt.eMT, b.MediaType())
+			}
+			if tt.eHeaders != nil {
+				bHeader := b.RawHeaders()
+				for k, v := range tt.eHeaders {
+					if _, ok := bHeader[k]; !ok {
+						t.Errorf("missing header: %s", k)
+					} else if !cmpSliceString(v, bHeader[k]) {
+						t.Errorf("header mismatch for key %s, expected %v, received %v", k, v, bHeader[k])
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestReader(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// create empty blob
+		b := NewReader()
+
+		// test read, expect error
+		_, err := b.RawBody()
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected success")
+			return
+		}
+		if !errors.Is(err, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF) {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected err from rawbody: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("readseek", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// create blob
+		b := NewReader(
+			WithReader(bytes.NewReader(exBlob)),
+		)
+		// test read and seek on blob1
+		bl := 500
+		bb := make([]byte, bl)
+		i, err := b.Read(bb)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("read err: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if i != bl {
+			t.Errorf("read length, expected %d, received %d", bl, i)
+		}
+		bSeek, ok := b.(io.Seeker)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("seek interface missing")
+			return
+		}
+		_, err = bSeek.Seek(5, io.SeekStart)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("seek to non-zero position did not fail")
+		}
+		pos, err := bSeek.Seek(0, io.SeekStart)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("seek err: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if pos != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("seek pos, expected 0, received %d", pos)
+		}
+		bb, err = io.ReadAll(b)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("readall: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if b.Digest() != exDigest {
+			t.Errorf("digest mismatch, expected %s, received %s", exDigest, b.Digest())
+		}
+		if b.Length() != exLen {
+			t.Errorf("length mismatch, expected %d, received %d", exLen, b.Length())
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("ociconfig", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// create blob
+		b := NewReader(
+			WithReader(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(exBlob))),
+			WithDesc(ociv1.Descriptor{
+				MediaType: exMT,
+				Digest:    exDigest,
+				Size:      exLen,
+			}),
+			WithRef(exRef),
+		)
+		// test ToOCIConfig on blob 2
+		oc, err := b.ToOCIConfig()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("ToOCIConfig: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if exDigest != oc.Digest() {
+			t.Errorf("digest, expected %s, received %s", exDigest, oc.Digest())
+		}
+		ocb, err := oc.RawBody()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("config rawbody: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if bytes.Compare(exBlob, ocb) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("config bytes, expected %s, received %s", string(exBlob), string(ocb))
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rawbytes", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// create blob
+		b := NewReader(
+			WithReader(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(exBlob))),
+		)
+		// test RawBytes on blob 3
+		bb, err := b.RawBody()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("rawbody: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if bytes.Compare(exBlob, bb) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("config bytes, expected %s, received %s", string(exBlob), string(bb))
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func cmpSliceString(a, b []string) bool {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := range a {
+		if a[i] != b[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/types/blob/reader.go b/types/blob/reader.go
index 80adde3..00220f7 100644
--- a/types/blob/reader.go
+++ b/types/blob/reader.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type reader struct {
 	common
 	readBytes int64
 	reader    io.Reader
-	origRdr   io.ReadCloser
+	origRdr   io.Reader
 	digester  digest.Digester
 }
 
@@ -35,15 +35,24 @@ func NewReader(opts ...Opts) Reader {
 	}
 	if bc.resp != nil {
 		// extract headers and reader if other fields not passed
+		if bc.header == nil {
+			bc.header = bc.resp.Header
+		}
+		if bc.rdr == nil {
+			bc.rdr = bc.resp.Body
+		}
+	}
+	if bc.header != nil {
+		// extract fields from header if descriptor not passed
 		if bc.desc.MediaType == "" {
-			bc.desc.MediaType = bc.resp.Header.Get("Content-Type")
+			bc.desc.MediaType = bc.header.Get("Content-Type")
 		}
 		if bc.desc.Size == 0 {
-			cl, _ := strconv.Atoi(bc.resp.Header.Get("Content-Length"))
+			cl, _ := strconv.Atoi(bc.header.Get("Content-Length"))
 			bc.desc.Size = int64(cl)
 		}
 		if bc.desc.Digest == "" {
-			bc.desc.Digest = digest.FromString(bc.resp.Header.Get("Docker-Content-Digest"))
+			bc.desc.Digest, _ = digest.Parse(bc.header.Get("Docker-Content-Digest"))
 		}
 	}
 	c := common{
@@ -54,12 +63,12 @@ func NewReader(opts ...Opts) Reader {
 	}
 	br := reader{
 		common:  c,
-		origRdr: bc.rc,
+		origRdr: bc.rdr,
 	}
-	if bc.rc != nil {
+	if bc.rdr != nil {
 		br.blobSet = true
 		br.digester = digest.Canonical.Digester()
-		br.reader = io.TeeReader(bc.rc, br.digester.Hash())
+		br.reader = io.TeeReader(bc.rdr, br.digester.Hash())
 	}
 	return &br
 }
@@ -68,7 +77,12 @@ func (b *reader) Close() error {
 	if b.origRdr == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return b.origRdr.Close()
+	// attempt to close if available in original reader
+	bc, ok := b.origRdr.(io.Closer)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return bc.Close()
 }
 
 // RawBody returns the original body from the request
@@ -78,6 +92,9 @@ func (b *reader) RawBody() ([]byte, error) {
 
 // Read passes through the read operation while computing the digest and tracking the size
 func (b *reader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if b.reader == nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("blob has no reader: %w", io.ErrUnexpectedEOF)
+	}
 	size, err := b.reader.Read(p)
 	b.readBytes = b.readBytes + int64(size)
 	if err == io.EOF {