diff --git a/post-to-keen b/post-to-keen
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+PROJECT_ID=$1
+EVENT_COLLECTION=$2
+WRITE_KEY=$3
+
+curl \
+  -s \
+  "https://api.keen.io/3.0/projects/$PROJECT_ID/events/$EVENT_COLLECTION?api_key=$WRITE_KEY" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d @-
+
+echo
diff --git a/test/post-to-keen b/test/post-to-keen
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+# ensure we're in the parent directory of this file
+cd $(dirname $0)/..
+
+# sherif's credentials, be nice
+project_id='53d1e3cfce5e4372dd000005'
+event_collection='test-collection'
+write_key='8bebb176662f6d4604473f0de272b83deacc38261dbbf7f3f81f69e512bab2fece374afd027ebe91130232263a676e8d014a2947795f65951ff3e5cf42e6a0368a57a03a17c0639a5e94e43cca6a73c1b7ab39e5b54fc7a374203eafe1cf370e4a96cf9b264fa30270f2bd39ec691541'
+
+echo '{ "hi": "there" }' | ./post-to-keen $project_id $event_collection $write_key