diff --git a/types/create-hash/create-hash-tests.ts b/types/create-hash/create-hash-tests.ts
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+import createHash = require('create-hash');
+
+const hash = createHash('sha224');
+
+hash.update('synchronous write');
+hash.digest();
+hash.write('write to it as a stream');
+hash.end();
+hash.read();
diff --git a/types/create-hash/index.d.ts b/types/create-hash/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for create-hash 1.2
+// Project: https://github.com/crypto-browserify/createHash
+// Definitions by: BendingBender <https://github.com/BendingBender>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.1
+
+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+import { Hash } from 'crypto';
+
+export = createHash;
+
+declare function createHash(algo: createHash.Algorithm): Hash;
+
+declare namespace createHash {
+    type Algorithm =
+        | 'md5'
+        | 'rmd160'
+        | 'ripemd160'
+        | 'sha'
+        | 'sha1'
+        | 'sha224'
+        | 'sha256'
+        | 'sha384'
+        | 'sha512';
+}
diff --git a/types/create-hash/tsconfig.json b/types/create-hash/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",
+        "create-hash-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/create-hash/tslint.json b/types/create-hash/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }