diff --git a/types/permit/index.d.ts b/types/permit/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for permit 0.2
+// Project: https://github.com/ianstormtaylor/permit#readme
+// Definitions by: My Self <https://github.com/jannikkeye>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+import { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from "http";
+
+export interface PermitOptions {
+    scheme?: string;
+    proxy?: string;
+    realm?: string;
+}
+
+export interface BearerOptions extends PermitOptions {
+    basic?: string;
+    header?: string;
+    query?: string;
+}
+
+export class Permit {
+    constructor(options: PermitOptions);
+    check(req: IncomingMessage): string;
+    fail(res: ServerResponse): void;
+}
+
+export class Bearer extends Permit {
+    constructor(options: BearerOptions);
+}
+
+export class Basic extends Permit {}
diff --git a/types/permit/permit-tests.ts b/types/permit/permit-tests.ts
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+import { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from "http";
+import { Permit, Basic, Bearer } from 'permit';
+
+const permit = new Permit({
+    scheme: "some-scheme",
+    proxy: "some-proxy",
+    realm: "auth"
+});
+
+const basic = new Basic({
+    scheme: "some-scheme",
+    proxy: "some-proxy",
+    realm: "auth"
+});
+
+const bearer = new Bearer({
+    basic: 'username',
+    query: 'access_token',
+});
+
+function permitHandler(req: IncomingMessage, res: ServerResponse) {
+    const token = permit.check(req);
+
+    if (!token) {
+        permit.fail(res);
+        throw new Error(`Authentication required!`);
+    }
+
+    const user = "some-user";
+
+    if (!user) {
+        permit.fail(res);
+        throw new Error(`Authentication invalid!`);
+    }
+
+    return 'Success!';
+}
+
+function basichHndler(req: IncomingMessage, res: ServerResponse) {
+    const token = basic.check(req);
+
+    if (!token) {
+        basic.fail(res);
+        throw new Error(`Authentication required!`);
+    }
+
+    const user = "some-user";
+
+    if (!user) {
+        basic.fail(res);
+        throw new Error(`Authentication invalid!`);
+    }
+
+    return 'Success!';
+}
+
+function bearerHandler(req: IncomingMessage, res: ServerResponse) {
+    const token = bearer.check(req);
+
+    if (!token) {
+        bearer.fail(res);
+        throw new Error(`Authentication required!`);
+    }
+
+    const user = "some-user";
+
+    if (!user) {
+        bearer.fail(res);
+        throw new Error(`Authentication invalid!`);
+    }
+
+    return 'Success!';
+}
diff --git a/types/permit/tsconfig.json b/types/permit/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "permit-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/permit/tslint.json b/types/permit/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }