diff --git a/types/sap__xsenv/index.d.ts b/types/sap__xsenv/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for @sap/xsenv 1.2
+// Project: https://help.sap.com/hana_platform
+// Definitions by: [Michael Müller] <https://github.com/mad-mike>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// For more information see the Developer Guide for SAP HANA XS Advanced Model run time.
+// The module is available on the https://npm.sap.com registry.
+
+export function loadEnv(jsonFile?: string): void;
+export function readCFServices(): any;
+
+export type ServiceFilter = string | { name?: string; label?: string; tag?: string; plan?: string } | ((service: any) => boolean);
+
+/**
+ * Reads service configuration from CloudFoundry environment variable <code>VCAP_SERVICES</code>.
+ *
+ * @param filter Filter used to find a bound Cloud Foundry service, see filterCFServices
+ * @return credentials property of found service
+ * @throws Error in case no or multiple matching services are found
+ */
+export function cfServiceCredentials(filter: ServiceFilter): any;
+/**
+ * Returns an array of Cloud Foundry services matching the given filter.
+ *
+ * @param filter {(string|Object|function)}
+ *  - if string, returns the service with the same service instance name (name property)
+ *  - if Object, should have some of these properties [name, label, tag, plan] and returns all services
+ *    where all of the given properties match. Given tag matches if it is present in the tags array.
+ *  - if function, should take a service object as argument and return true only if it matches the filter
+ * @returns Arrays of matching service objects, empty if no matches
+ */
+export function filterCFServices(filter: ServiceFilter): any;
+
+/**
+ * Looks up and returns bound Cloud Foundry services.
+ *
+ * If a service is not found in VCAP_SERVICES, returns default service configuration loaded from a JSON file.
+ *
+ * @param query {object} describes requested Cloud Foundry services, each property value is a filter
+ *  as described in filterCFServices.
+ * @param servicesFile {string} path to JSON file to load default service configuration (default is default-services.json).
+ *  If null, do not load default service configuration.
+ *
+ * @returns {object} with the same properties as in query argument where the value of each
+ *  property is the respective service credentials object.
+ * @throws Error, if for some of the requested services no or multiple instances are found; Error, if query parameter is not provided
+ */
+export function getServices(query: any, servicesFile?: string): any;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated use loadCertificates instead
+ */
+export function loadCaCert(): void;
+
+export function loadCertificates(certPath?: string): any;
diff --git a/types/sap__xsenv/sap__xsenv-tests.ts b/types/sap__xsenv/sap__xsenv-tests.ts
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+import xsenv = require('@sap/xsenv');
+
+// code examples from the README.MD
+
+function test1() {
+    const services = xsenv.readCFServices();
+    services.aservice.credentials; // prints { host: '...', port: '...', user: '...', passwrod: '...', ... }
+}
+
+function test2() {
+    const services = xsenv.readCFServices();
+    const svc = services['process.env.SERVICE_NAME'];
+}
+
+function test3() {
+    const svc = xsenv.cfServiceCredentials({ tag: 'hdb' });
+    // console.log(svc); // prints { host: '...', port: '...', user: '...', passwrod: '...', ... }
+}
+
+function test4() {
+    const services = xsenv.getServices({
+        hana: { tag: 'hdb' },
+        scheduler: { label: 'jobs' }
+    });
+
+    const hanaCredentials = services.hana;
+    const schedulerCredentials = services.scheduler;
+}
+
+function test5() {
+    xsenv.cfServiceCredentials('hana');
+    xsenv.cfServiceCredentials({ tag: 'relational' });
+    xsenv.cfServiceCredentials({ label: 'hana', plan: 'shared' });
+    xsenv.cfServiceCredentials((service: any) => {
+        return /shared/.test(service.plan) && /hdi/.test(service.label);
+    });
+}
+
+function test6() {
+    xsenv.loadEnv();
+    // console.log(process.env.PORT); // prints 3000
+    xsenv.cfServiceCredentials('hana-R90'); // prints { host: 'myhana, port: '30015', user: 'SYSTEM', password: 'secret' }
+}
+
+function test7() {
+    xsenv.loadEnv('myenv.json');
+}
+
+function test8() {
+    xsenv.loadCertificates();
+    xsenv.loadCaCert();
+}
diff --git a/types/sap__xsenv/tsconfig.json b/types/sap__xsenv/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "paths": {
+            "@sap/xsenv": [
+                "sap__xsenv"
+            ]
+        },
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "sap__xsenv-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/types/sap__xsenv/tslint.json b/types/sap__xsenv/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }