diff --git a/connect-livereload/connect-livereload-tests.ts b/connect-livereload/connect-livereload-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="./connect-livereload.d.ts" />
+
+import * as connect from "connect";
+import * as livereload from "connect-livereload";
+
+const app = connect();
+
+// With no options
+app.use(livereload());
+
+// With string options
+app.use(livereload({
+	port: 35729,
+	ignore: [".js", ".svg"]
+}));
+
+// With RegExp options
+app.use(livereload({
+	port: 35729,
+	ignore: [/\.js(\?.*)?$/, /\.css(\?.*)?$/]
+}));
+
+// With default options
+app.use(livereload({
+	ignore: [
+		/\.js(\?.*)?$/, /\.css(\?.*)?$/, /\.svg(\?.*)?$/, /\.ico(\?.*)?$/, /\.woff(\?.*)?$/,
+		/\.png(\?.*)?$/, /\.jpg(\?.*)?$/, /\.jpeg(\?.*)?$/, /\.gif(\?.*)?$/, /\.pdf(\?.*)?$/
+	],
+
+	// include all urls by default
+	include: [/.*/],
+	
+	// this function is used to determine if the content of `res.write` or `res.end` is html.
+	html: function (str) {
+		if (!str) return false;
+		return /<[:_-\w\s\!\/\=\"\']+>/i.test(str);
+	},
+	
+	// rules are provided to find the place where the snippet should be inserted.
+	// the main problem is that on the server side it can be tricky to determine if a string will be valid html on the client.
+	// the function `fn` of the first `match` is executed like this `body.replace(rule.match, rule.fn);`
+	// the function `fn` has got the arguments `fn(w, s)` where `w` is the matches string and `s` is the snippet.
+	rules: [{
+		match: /<\/body>(?![\s\S]*<\/body>)/i,
+		fn: prepend
+	}, {
+		match: /<\/html>(?![\s\S]*<\/html>)/i,
+		fn: prepend
+	}, {
+		match: /<\!DOCTYPE.+?>/i,
+		fn: append
+	}],
+	
+	// port where the script is loaded
+	port: 35729,
+	
+	// location where the script is provided (not by connect-livereload). Change this e.g. when serving livereload with a proxy.
+	src: "http://localhost:35729/livereload.js?snipver=1",
+	
+	// Set this option to `true` to set `req.headers['accept-encoding']` to 'identity' (disabling compression)
+	disableCompression: false
+}));
+
+function prepend(w: string, s: string): string {
+	return s + w;
+}
+function append(w: string, s: string): string {
+	return w + s;
+}
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diff --git a/connect-livereload/connect-livereload.d.ts b/connect-livereload/connect-livereload.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for connect-livereload v0.5.3
+// Project: https://github.com/intesso/connect-livereload
+// Definitions by: Maxime LUCE <https://github.com/SomaticIT/>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../connect/connect.d.ts" />
+
+declare module "connect-livereload" {
+	import { HandleFunction } from "connect";
+	
+	function livereload(): HandleFunction;
+	function livereload(options: livereload.Options): HandleFunction;
+	
+	module livereload {
+		export type FileMatcher = string | RegExp;
+		
+		export interface Rule {
+			match: RegExp;
+			fn: (w: string, s: string) => string;
+		}
+		
+		export interface Options {
+			ignore?: FileMatcher[];
+			excludeList?: FileMatcher[];
+			
+			include?: FileMatcher[];
+			html?: (val: string) => boolean;
+			rules?: Rule[];
+			disableCompression?: boolean;
+			
+			hostname?: string;
+			port?: number;
+			src?: string;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	export = livereload;
+}
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