diff --git a/bin/verify.js b/bin/verify.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4335add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/verify.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+var platform = process.argv[2];
+var receipt = process.argv[3];
+
+if (!platform || !receipt) {
+	throw new Error('Please provide a platform name, followed by a receipt string');
+}
+
+var iap = require('../index.js');
+
+iap.verifyReceipt(platform, receipt, function (error, result) {
+	if (error) {
+		return console.log(error);
+	}
+
+	console.log('Verified:');
+	console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, '\t'));
+});
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b576c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+var platforms = {
+	apple: require('./lib/apple')
+};
+
+
+exports.verifyReceipt = function (platform, receipt, cb) {
+	function syncError(error) {
+		process.nextTick(function () {
+			cb(error);
+		});
+	}
+
+	if (!receipt) {
+		return syncError(new Error('No receipt given'));
+	}
+
+	var engine = platforms[platform];
+
+	if (!engine) {
+		return syncError(new Error('Platform ' + platform + ' not recognized'));
+	}
+
+	engine.verifyReceipt(receipt, cb);
+};
diff --git a/lib/apple/index.js b/lib/apple/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bd3508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/apple/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+var https = require('https');
+
+var hosts = {
+	sandbox: 'sandbox.itunes.apple.com',
+	production: 'buy.itunes.apple.com'
+};
+
+var responses = {
+	'21000': 'The App Store could not read the JSON object you provided.',
+	'21002': 'The data in the receipt-data property was malformed or missing.',
+	'21003': 'The receipt could not be authenticated.',
+	'21004': 'The shared secret you provided does not match the shared secret on file for your account.',
+	'21005': 'The receipt server is not currently available.',
+	'21006': 'This receipt is valid but the subscription has expired. When this status code is returned to your server, the receipt data is also decoded and returned as part of the response.',
+	'21007': 'This receipt is from the test environment, but it was sent to the production service for verification. Send it to the test environment service instead.',
+	'21008': 'This receipt is from the production receipt, but it was sent to the test environment service for verification. Send it to the production environment service instead.'
+};
+
+
+function parseResult(result) {
+	result = JSON.parse(result);
+
+	var status = parseInt(result.status, 10);
+
+	if (status !== 0) {
+		var msg = responses[status] || 'Unknown status code: ' + status;
+
+		var error = new Error(msg);
+		error.status = status;
+
+		throw error;
+	}
+
+	return {
+		receipt: result.receipt
+	};
+}
+
+
+function verify(data, host, cb) {
+	var options = {
+		method: 'POST',
+		hostname: host,
+		port: 443,
+		path: '/verifyReceipt',
+		headers: {
+			'content-type': 'text/plain',
+			'content-length': Buffer.byteLength(data)
+		}
+	};
+
+	var req = https.request(options, function (res) {
+		res.setEncoding('utf8');
+
+		var data = '';
+
+		res.on('data', function (str) {
+			data += str;
+		});
+
+		res.on('end', function () {
+			if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
+				return cb(new Error('Received status code: ' + res.statusCode));
+			}
+
+			var result;
+
+			try {
+				result = parseResult(data);
+			} catch (error) {
+				return cb(error);
+			}
+
+			cb(null, result);
+		});
+	});
+
+	req.on('error', cb);
+
+	req.end(data);
+}
+
+
+function isBase64like(str) {
+	return !!str.match(/^[a-zA-Z0-9\/+]+\={0,2}$/);
+}
+
+
+exports.verifyReceipt = function (receipt, cb) {
+	var data;
+
+	try {
+		if (!isBase64like(receipt)) {
+			receipt = (new Buffer(receipt, 'utf8')).toString('base64');
+		}
+
+		data = JSON.stringify({
+			'receipt-data': receipt
+		});
+	} catch (error) {
+		return process.nextTick(function () {
+			cb(error);
+		});
+	}
+
+	return verify(data, hosts.production, function (error, result) {
+		// 21007: this is a sandbox receipt, so take it there
+
+		if (error && error.status === 21007) {
+			return verify(data, hosts.sandbox, cb);
+		}
+
+		cb(error, result);
+	});
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5833f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "name": "iap",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Apple in-app purchases for Node.js",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": "",
+  "keywords": [
+    "iap",
+    "apple",
+    "purchase",
+    "itunes"
+  ],
+  "author": "Ron Korving <rkorving@wizcorp.jp>",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}