diff --git a/types/protocols/index.d.ts b/types/protocols/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for protocols 1.4
+// Project: https://github.com/IonicaBizau/protocols
+// Definitions by: Florian Keller <https://github.com/ffflorian>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/**
+ * @param input The input url.
+ * @param first If `true`, the first protocol will be returned. If number, it will represent the zero-based index of the protocols array.
+ * @returns The array of protocols or the specified protocol.
+ */
+declare function protocols(input: string, first: true | number): string;
+declare function protocols(input: string, first?: false): string[];
+
+export = protocols;
diff --git a/types/protocols/protocols-tests.ts b/types/protocols/protocols-tests.ts
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+import protocols = require('protocols');
+
+protocols('git+ssh://git@some-host.com/and-the-path/name'); // $ExpectType string[]
+protocols('http://example.com', true); // $ExpectType string
+protocols('ftp://example.com', 1); // $ExpectType string
+protocols('https://example.com', false); // $ExpectType string[]
diff --git a/types/protocols/tsconfig.json b/types/protocols/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "protocols-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/protocols/tslint.json b/types/protocols/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }