diff --git a/types/jwt-then/index.d.ts b/types/jwt-then/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for jwt-then 1.0
+// Project: https://github.com/fl0w/jwt-then#readme
+// Definitions by: Definitions by: Max Uetrecht <https://github.com/phenomax>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.2
+
+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+export type Secret = string | Buffer | { key: string; passphrase: string };
+
+export interface SignOptions {
+    /**
+     * Signature algorithm. Could be one of these values :
+     * - HS256:    HMAC using SHA-256 hash algorithm (default)
+     * - HS384:    HMAC using SHA-384 hash algorithm
+     * - HS512:    HMAC using SHA-512 hash algorithm
+     * - RS256:    RSASSA using SHA-256 hash algorithm
+     * - RS384:    RSASSA using SHA-384 hash algorithm
+     * - RS512:    RSASSA using SHA-512 hash algorithm
+     * - ES256:    ECDSA using P-256 curve and SHA-256 hash algorithm
+     * - ES384:    ECDSA using P-384 curve and SHA-384 hash algorithm
+     * - ES512:    ECDSA using P-521 curve and SHA-512 hash algorithm
+     * - none:     No digital signature or MAC value included
+     */
+    algorithm?: string;
+    keyid?: string;
+    /** expressed in seconds or a string describing a time span [zeit/ms](https://github.com/zeit/ms.js).  Eg: 60, "2 days", "10h", "7d" */
+    expiresIn?: string | number;
+    /** expressed in seconds or a string describing a time span [zeit/ms](https://github.com/zeit/ms.js).  Eg: 60, "2 days", "10h", "7d" */
+    notBefore?: string | number;
+    audience?: string | string[];
+    subject?: string;
+    issuer?: string;
+    jwtid?: string;
+    noTimestamp?: boolean;
+    header?: object;
+    encoding?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sign the given payload into a JSON Web Token string
+ * @param payload - Payload to sign, could be an literal, buffer or string
+ * @param secretOrPrivateKey - Either the secret for HMAC algorithms, or the PEM encoded private key for RSA and ECDSA.
+ * @param [options] - Options for the signature
+ * @returns A proiose containing the JSON Web Token string
+ */
+export function sign(
+    payload: string | Buffer | object,
+    secretOrPrivateKey: Secret,
+    options?: SignOptions,
+): Promise<string>;
+
+/**
+ * Verify given token using a secret or a public key to get a decoded token
+ * @param token - JWT string to verify
+ * @param secretOrPublicKey - Either the secret for HMAC algorithms, or the PEM encoded public key for RSA and ECDSA.
+ * @param [options] - Options for the verification
+ * @returns A promise containing either an error or the decoded JSON Web Token string
+ */
+export function verify(
+    token: string,
+    secretOrPublicKey: string | Buffer,
+): Promise<object | string>;
diff --git a/types/jwt-then/jwt-then-tests.ts b/types/jwt-then/jwt-then-tests.ts
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+import jwt = require("jwt-then");
+import fs = require("fs");
+
+const testObject = { foo: "bar" };
+
+(async () => {
+    const token = await jwt.sign(testObject, "foobar");
+    const verified = await jwt.verify(token, "foobar");
+
+    console.log(token, verified);
+})();
diff --git a/types/jwt-then/tsconfig.json b/types/jwt-then/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "jwt-then-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/jwt-then/tslint.json b/types/jwt-then/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }