diff --git a/json-socket/json-socket-tests.ts b/json-socket/json-socket-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="./json-socket" />
+
+import JsonSocket = require("json-socket");
+import {Socket} from "net";
+
+JsonSocket.sendSingleMessage(42, "localhost", {foo: "bar"}, (err: Error) => {});
+JsonSocket.sendSingleMessageAndReceive(42, "localhost", {foo: "bar"}, (err: Error, message: any) => {});
+
+let jsonSocket = new JsonSocket(new Socket());
+jsonSocket.sendMessage({foo: "bar"}, (err: Error) => {});
+jsonSocket.sendEndMessage({foo: "bar"}, (err: Error) => {});
+jsonSocket.sendError(new Error("foo"), (err: Error) => {});
+jsonSocket.sendEndError(new Error("foo"), (err: Error) => {});
diff --git a/json-socket/json-socket.d.ts b/json-socket/json-socket.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for json-socket v0.1.2
+// Project: https://github.com/sebastianseilund/node-json-socket
+// Definitions by: Sven Reglitzki <https://github.com/svi3c/>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../node/node.d.ts"/>
+
+declare module "json-socket" {
+
+    import {Socket} from "net";
+
+    class JsonSocket extends Socket {
+
+        constructor(socket: Socket);
+
+        /**
+         * sends a single message and closes the connection instantly. Use this if you need to send a server a message,
+         * but you don't need any response.
+         * @param port port to send the message to
+         * @param host host to send the message to
+         * @param message the message to send
+         * @param callback will be called after the message has been sent
+         */
+        static sendSingleMessage(port: number, host: string, message: any, callback: (err: Error) => void): void;
+
+        /**
+         * sends a single message, waits for a single response message from the server and closes the connection right after.
+         * Use this if you need to send a server a message, and get a response, but you don't need the connection to stay
+         * open.
+         * @param port port to send the message to
+         * @param host host to send the message to
+         * @param message the message to send
+         * @param callback will be called when the response message has been received
+         */
+        static sendSingleMessageAndReceive(port: number, host: string, message: any, callback: (err: Error, message: any) => void): void;
+
+        /**
+        * Convenience method for sending an error as a message.
+        * @param err an Error object that should be formatted as a message
+        * @param callback will be called after the message has been sent
+        */
+        sendError(err: Error, callback: (err: Error) => void): void;
+
+        /**
+         * Same as {@link JsonSocket.sendError}, except that the socket is closed right after the message has been sent
+         * using <a href="https://nodejs.org/api/net.html#net_socket_end_data_encoding">net.end()</a>.
+         * No more messages can be sent from either the server or client through this socket.
+         * @param err
+         * @param callback
+         */
+        sendEndError(err: Error, callback: (err: Error) => void): void;
+
+        /**
+         * Sends a JSON message over the socket.
+         * @param message the message to send
+         * @param callback will be called after the message has been sent
+         */
+        sendMessage(message: any, callback: (err: Error) => void): void;
+
+        /**
+         * Same as {@link JsonSocket.sendMessage}, except that the socket is closed right after the message has been sent
+         * using <a href="https://nodejs.org/api/net.html#net_socket_end_data_encoding">net.end()</a>.
+         * No more messages can be sent from either the server or client through this socket.
+         * @param message the message to send
+         * @param callback will be called after the message has been sent
+         */
+        sendEndMessage(message: any, callback: (err: Error) => void): void;
+    }
+
+    export = JsonSocket;
+}