diff --git a/react-table-filter/index.d.ts b/react-table-filter/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for react-table-filter 1.0.0
+// Project: https://github.com/cheekujha/react-table-filter
+// Definitions by: Gnanavel N <https://github.com/gjsln/>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.8
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+export interface TabfilterProps {
+    rows: string | Array<string> | { [name: string]: boolean; };
+	onFilterUpdate: (filteredArray: Array<string>, currentFilters: any[]) => any[] | void;
+	rowClass?: string;
+	initialFilters?: string | Array<string> | { [name: string]: boolean; };
+}
+
+export declare class TableFilter extends React.Component<TabfilterProps> {}
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diff --git a/react-table-filter/react-table-filter-tests.ts b/react-table-filter/react-table-filter-tests.ts
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+import * as React from "react";
+import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
+import { TableFilter } from "react-table-filter";
+
+interface TestTableFilterProps extends TablefilterProps {}
+
+class TestApp extends React.Component {
+    onFilterUpdate = (index: number, last: number, event: Event) => {
+        console.log("selected tab: " + index.toString());
+        console.log("last tab: " + last.toString());
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        return React.createElement(TableFilter, {onFilterUpdate: this.onFilterUpdate});
+    }
+}
+
+ReactDOM.render(React.createElement(TestApp, {}), document.getElementById("test-app"));
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