diff --git a/emojione/emojione-test.ts b/emojione/emojione-test.ts
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+/// <reference path="emojione.d.ts" />
+
+emojione.sprites = true;
+emojione.imagePathPNG = 'foobar';
+emojione.imagePathSVG = 'foobar';
+emojione.imagePathSVGSprites = 'foobar';
+emojione.imageType = 'svg';
+emojione.unicodeAlt = false;
+emojione.ascii = true;
+emojione.unicodeRegexp = '123.*';
+emojione.cacheBustParam = 'asdf';
+const myShort: string = emojione.toShort('hi');
+const myImage1: string = emojione.toImage('hi');
+const myImage2: string = emojione.shortnameToImage('hi');
+const myImage3: string = emojione.unicodeToImage('hi');
diff --git a/emojione/emojione.d.ts b/emojione/emojione.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for emojione
+// Project: https://github.com/Ranks/emojione
+// Definitions by: Danilo Bargen <https://github.com/dbrgn/>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare var emojione: {
+    sprites: boolean,
+    imagePathPNG: string,
+    imagePathSVG: string,
+    imagePathSVGSprites: string,
+    imageType: 'png' | 'svg',
+    unicodeAlt: boolean,
+    ascii: boolean,
+    unicodeRegexp: string,
+    cacheBustParam: string,
+    toShort: (str: string) => string,
+    toImage: (str: string) => string,
+    shortnameToImage: (str: string) => string,
+    unicodeToImage: (str: string) => string,
+};