diff --git a/levelup/levelup-tests.ts b/levelup/levelup-tests.ts
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+++ b/levelup/levelup-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="levelup.d.ts" />
+
+import levelup = require("levelup");
+
+var db = levelup('./mydb')
+db.open();
+db.close();
+db.open((error)=> {
+
+});
+
+db.close((error)=> {
+
+});
+
+
+db.put("key", {});
+db.put("key", {}, (error)=>{});
+db.put("key", {}, { sync: true}, (error)=>{});
+
+db.get("key", {keyEncoding: "json"}, (error, val) => {});
+db.get("key", {fillCache: true}, (error, val) => {});
+db.get("key", (error, val) => {});
+
+db.del("key");
+db.del("key", (error)=>{});
+db.del("key", {keyEncoding: "json"}, (error)=>{});
+db.del("key", {sync: true}, (error)=>{});
+
+db.batch([{
+    type          : 'put'
+    , key           : ([1, 2, 3])
+    , value         : { some: 'json' }
+    , keyEncoding   : 'binary'
+    , valueEncoding : 'json'
+}], (error)=> {});
+
diff --git a/levelup/levelup.d.ts b/levelup/levelup.d.ts
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+++ b/levelup/levelup.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for LevelUp 
+// Project: https://github.com/rvagg/node-levelup
+// Definitions by: Bret Little <https://github.com/blittle>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+interface Batch {
+    type: string;
+    key: any;
+    value?: any;
+    keyEncoding?: string;
+    valueEncoding?: string;
+}
+
+interface LevelUp {
+    open(callback ?: (error : any) => any): void;
+    close(callback ?: (error : any) => any): void;
+    put(key: any, value: any, callback ?: (error: any) => any): void;
+    put(key: any, value: any, options?: { sync?: boolean }, callback ?: (error: any) => any): void;
+    get(key: any, callback ?: (error: any, value: any) => any): void;
+
+    get(key: any, options ?: { keyEncoding?: string; fillCache?: boolean }, callback ?: (error: any, value: any) => any): void;
+    del(key: any, callback ?: (error: any) => any): void;
+    del(key: any, options ?: { keyEncoding?: string; sync?: boolean }, callback ?: (error: any) => any): void;
+
+
+    batch(array: Batch[], options?: { keyEncoding?: string; valueEncoding?: string; sync?: boolean }, callback?: (error?: any)=>any);
+    batch(array: Batch[], callback?: (error?: any)=>any);
+}
+
+declare module "levelup" {
+
+    function levelup(hostname: string): LevelUp;
+    
+    export = levelup;
+}