diff --git a/modesl/index.d.ts b/modesl/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for modesl 1.1
+// Project: https://github.com/englercj/node-esl
+// Definitions by: Nischit Ranganath <https://github.com/neeschit>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+import EventEmitter = NodeJS.EventEmitter;
+export class Connection extends EventEmitter {
+    constructor(...args: any[]);
+
+    api(command: any, args: string[], cb?: () => void): void;
+
+    auth(cb: () => void): void;
+
+    bgapi(command: any, args: string[], jobid?: any, cb?: () => void): void;
+
+    connected(): any;
+
+    disconnect(): void;
+
+    events(type: 'json' | 'plain' | 'xml', events: string, cb?: () => void): void;
+
+    execute(app: any, arg?: string, uuid?: string, cb?: () => void): any;
+
+    executeAsync(app: any, arg?: string, uuid?: string, cb?: () => void): any;
+
+    filter(header: any, value: any, cb?: () => void): void;
+
+    filterDelete(header: any, value: any, cb?: () => void): void;
+
+    getInfo(): any;
+
+    message(options: any, cb?: () => void): void;
+
+    originate(options: any, cb?: () => void): void;
+
+    recvEvent(cb?: () => void): void;
+
+    recvEventTimed(ms: any, cb?: () => void): void;
+
+    send(command: any, args: any): void;
+
+    sendEvent(event: any, cb?: () => void): void;
+
+    sendRecv(command: any, args: any, cb?: () => void): void;
+
+    setAsyncExecute(value: any): void;
+
+    setEventLock(value: any): void;
+
+    show(item: any, format: any, cb?: () => void): void;
+
+    socketDescriptor(): any;
+
+    subscribe(events: any, cb?: () => void): void;
+}
+
+export interface Header {
+    name: string;
+
+    value: string;
+}
+
+export class Event {
+    constructor(type: any, subclass: any);
+
+    headers: Header[];
+
+    addBody(value: any): any;
+
+    addHeader(name: any, value: any): any;
+
+    delHeader(name: any): any;
+
+    firstHeader(): any;
+
+    getBody(): any;
+
+    getHeader(name: any): string;
+
+    getType(): any;
+
+    nextHeader(): any;
+
+    serialize(format: any): any;
+
+    setPriority(priority: any): void;
+
+    static PRIORITY: {
+        HIGH: string;
+        LOW: string;
+        NORMAL: string;
+    };
+}
+export class Parser {
+    constructor(socket: any);
+}
+export class Server extends EventEmitter {
+    constructor(opts: any, readycb?: () => void);
+
+    close(callback: any): void;
+}
+export function eslSetLogLevel(level: any): void;
+
+export function setLogLevel(level: any): void;
+
diff --git a/modesl/modesl-tests.ts b/modesl/modesl-tests.ts
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+++ b/modesl/modesl-tests.ts
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+import * as modesl from 'modesl';
+
+const freeswitchListener = new modesl.Server(() => {
+    // console.log('Server listening on localhost at port 8022');
+});
+
+
+const freeswitchConnection = new modesl.Connection("freeswitch-host", 8021, 'password', () => {
+    // console.log('connection initialized');
+
+    freeswitchConnection.api('conference', ['confname', 'dial', 'user/1006'])
+
+    freeswitchConnection.bgapi('conference', ['confname', 'dial', 'user/1006'], 'job-id', () => {
+        // console.log('action queued');
+    });
+
+    freeswitchConnection.events('json', 'all');
+
+    freeswitchConnection.subscribe('all');
+
+    freeswitchConnection.on('esl::event::*::*', (event: modesl.Event) => {
+        const headerValue = event.getHeader('header');
+
+        const body = event.getBody();
+
+        const headers = event.headers;
+
+        headers.forEach((header: modesl.Header) => {
+            const headerName = header.name;
+            const headerValue = header.value;
+        });
+    });
+});
+
diff --git a/modesl/tsconfig.json b/modesl/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "target": "es6",
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "modesl-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modesl/tslint.json b/modesl/tslint.json
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+++ b/modesl/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "../tslint.json" }