diff --git a/types/xhr-mock/index.d.ts b/types/xhr-mock/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for xhr-mock 1.9
+// Project: https://github.com/jameslnewell/xhr-mock#readme
+// Definitions by: Joscha Feth <https://github.com/joscha>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare namespace mock {
+    interface Headers {
+        [k: string]: string;
+    }
+
+    interface MockResponse {
+        status(code: number): this;
+        status(): number;
+        statusText(statusText: string): this;
+        statusText(): string;
+        header(name: string, value: string): this;
+        header(name: string): string | null;
+        headers(obj: Headers): this;
+        headers(): Headers;
+        body(body: string): this;
+        body(): string;
+        timeout(timeout: boolean | number): this;
+        timeout(): boolean | number;
+    }
+
+    interface MockRequest {
+        method(): string;
+        url(): string;
+        query(): string;
+        header(name: string, value: string): this;
+        header(name: string): string | null;
+        headers(obj: Headers): this;
+        headers(): Headers;
+        body(body: string): this;
+        body(): string;
+        progress(loaded: number, total: number, lengthComputable?: boolean): void;
+    }
+
+    type MockFunction = (req: MockRequest, res: MockResponse) => MockResponse | null;
+
+    interface XhrMock {
+        XMLHttpRequest: XMLHttpRequest;
+        setup(): this;
+        teardown(): this;
+        reset(): this;
+        mock(method: string, url: string, fn: MockFunction): this;
+        get(url: string, fn: MockFunction): this;
+        post(url: string, fn: MockFunction): this;
+        put(url: string, fn: MockFunction): this;
+        patch(url: string, fn: MockFunction): this;
+        delete(url: string, fn: MockFunction): this;
+    }
+}
+
+declare var mock: mock.XhrMock;
+export = mock;
diff --git a/types/xhr-mock/tsconfig.json b/types/xhr-mock/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6",
+            "dom"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "xhr-mock-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/xhr-mock/tslint.json b/types/xhr-mock/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
diff --git a/types/xhr-mock/xhr-mock-tests.ts b/types/xhr-mock/xhr-mock-tests.ts
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+import mock = require('xhr-mock');
+
+// replace the real XHR object with the mock XHR object
+mock.setup();
+
+// create a mock response for all POST requests with the URL http://localhost/api/user
+mock.post('http://localhost/api/user', (req: mock.MockRequest, res: mock.MockResponse) => {
+  // return null;              //simulate an error
+  // return res.timeout(true); //simulate a timeout
+
+  return res
+    .status(201)
+    .header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+    .body(JSON.stringify({data: {
+      first_name: 'John', last_name: 'Smith'
+    }}));
+});
+
+// create an instance of the (mock) XHR object and use as per normal
+const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+
+xhr.onreadystatechange = () => {
+  if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+    // when you're finished put the real XHR object back
+    mock.teardown();
+  }
+};