diff --git a/statuses/statuses-tests.ts b/statuses/statuses-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="statuses.d.ts" />
+
+import status = require('statuses');
+
+var code: number;
+
+code = status(403) // => 403
+code = status('403') // => 403
+code = status('forbidden') // => 403
+code = status('Forbidden') // => 403
+code = status(306) // throws, as it's not supported by node.js
+
+var codes: Array<number>;
+codes = status.codes;
+
+var msg: string;
+msg = status[404] // => 'Not Found'
+
+code = status['not found'] // => 404
+code = status['Not Found'] // => 404
+
+var isRedirect: boolean;
+isRedirect = status.redirect[200] // => undefined
+isRedirect = status.redirect[301] // => true
+
+var isEmpty: boolean;
+isEmpty = status.empty[200] // => undefined
+isEmpty = status.empty[204] // => true
+isEmpty = status.empty[304] // => true
+
+var isRetry: boolean;
+isRetry = status.retry[501] // => undefined
+isRetry = status.retry[503] // => true
diff --git a/statuses/statuses.d.ts b/statuses/statuses.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for http-errors v1.2.1
+// Project: https://github.com/jshttp/statuses
+// Definitions by: Tanguy Krotoff <https://github.com/tkrotoff>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare module 'statuses' {
+    interface Status {
+        [code: number]: string;
+        [msg: string]: any | number;
+
+        codes: Array<number>;
+        redirect: {[code: number]: boolean};
+        empty: {[code: number]: boolean};
+        retry: {[code: number]: boolean};
+
+        (code: number | string): number;
+    }
+
+    var status: Status;
+    export = status;
+}