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diff --git a/dhall/src/api/mod.rs b/dhall/src/api/mod.rs
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+mod serde;
+pub(crate) mod traits;
+
+/// Deserialization of Dhall expressions into Rust
+pub mod de {
+    pub use crate::traits::{Deserialize, SimpleStaticType, StaticType};
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub use dhall_proc_macros::SimpleStaticType;
+
+    /// Deserialize an instance of type T from a string of Dhall text.
+    ///
+    /// This will recursively resolve all imports in the expression, and
+    /// typecheck it before deserialization. Relative imports will be resolved relative to the
+    /// provided file. More control over this process is not yet available
+    /// but will be in a coming version of this crate.
+    ///
+    /// If a type is provided, this additionally checks that the provided
+    /// expression has that type.
+    pub fn from_str<'a, T: Deserialize<'a>>(
+        s: &'a str,
+        ty: Option<&crate::phase::Type>,
+    ) -> crate::error::Result<T> {
+        T::from_str(s, ty)
+    }
+
+    /// Deserialize an instance of type T from a string of Dhall text,
+    /// additionally checking that it matches the type of T.
+    ///
+    /// This will recursively resolve all imports in the expression, and
+    /// typecheck it before deserialization. Relative imports will be resolved relative to the
+    /// provided file. More control over this process is not yet available
+    /// but will be in a coming version of this crate.
+    pub fn from_str_auto_type<'a, T: Deserialize<'a> + StaticType>(
+        s: &'a str,
+    ) -> crate::error::Result<T> {
+        from_str(s, Some(&<T as StaticType>::get_static_type()))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dhall/src/serde.rs b/dhall/src/api/serde.rs
index 93921ba..93921ba 100644
--- a/dhall/src/serde.rs
+++ b/dhall/src/api/serde.rs
diff --git a/dhall/src/traits/deserialize.rs b/dhall/src/api/traits/deserialize.rs
index 9673cf9..9673cf9 100644
--- a/dhall/src/traits/deserialize.rs
+++ b/dhall/src/api/traits/deserialize.rs
diff --git a/dhall/src/traits/dynamic_type.rs b/dhall/src/api/traits/dynamic_type.rs
index 7763a28..7763a28 100644
--- a/dhall/src/traits/dynamic_type.rs
+++ b/dhall/src/api/traits/dynamic_type.rs
diff --git a/dhall/src/traits/mod.rs b/dhall/src/api/traits/mod.rs
index 315e17a..315e17a 100644
--- a/dhall/src/traits/mod.rs
+++ b/dhall/src/api/traits/mod.rs
diff --git a/dhall/src/traits/static_type.rs b/dhall/src/api/traits/static_type.rs
index 8b141a0..8b141a0 100644
--- a/dhall/src/traits/static_type.rs
+++ b/dhall/src/api/traits/static_type.rs