diff --git a/examples/handler_example.ts b/examples/handler_example.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ca5e4f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/handler_example.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 - Restate Software, Inc., Restate GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Restate SDK for Node.js/TypeScript,
+ * which is released under the MIT license.
+ *
+ * You can find a copy of the license in file LICENSE in the root
+ * directory of this repository or package, or at
+ * https://github.com/restatedev/sdk-typescript/blob/main/LICENSE
+ */
+
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+
+/*
+ * A simple example program using the Restate's event handlers.
+ */
+
+import * as restate from "../src/public_api";
+
+const registration = async (ctx: restate.RpcContext, event: restate.Event) => {
+  // store in state the user's information as coming from the registeration event
+  const { name } = event.json<{ name: string }>();
+  ctx.set("name", name);
+};
+
+const email = async (ctx: restate.RpcContext, event: restate.Event) => {
+  // store in state the user's information as coming from the registeration event
+  const { email } = event.json<{ email: string }>();
+  ctx.set("email", email);
+};
+
+type UserProfile = {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  email: string;
+};
+
+const get = async (
+  ctx: restate.RpcContext,
+  id: string
+): Promise<UserProfile> => {
+  return {
+    id,
+    name: (await ctx.get<string>("name")) ?? "",
+    email: (await ctx.get<string>("email")) ?? "",
+  };
+};
+
+const profile = restate.keyedRouter({
+  registration: restate.keyedEventHandler(registration),
+  email: restate.keyedEventHandler(email),
+  get,
+});
+
+// restate server
+restate.createServer().bindKeyedRouter("profile", profile).listen(8080);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 09133ac5..e909e39c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
     "verify": "npm run format -- --check && npm run test && npm run lint && npm run build",
     "release": "release-it",
     "example": "RESTATE_DEBUG_LOGGING=JOURNAL ts-node-dev --respawn --transpile-only ./examples/example.ts",
-    "grpcexample": "RESTATE_DEBUG_LOGGING=JOURNAL ts-node-dev --respawn --transpile-only ./examples/grpc_example.ts"
+    "grpcexample": "RESTATE_DEBUG_LOGGING=JOURNAL ts-node-dev --respawn --transpile-only ./examples/grpc_example.ts",
+    "handlerexample": "RESTATE_DEBUG_LOGGING=JOURNAL ts-node-dev --respawn --transpile-only ./examples/handler_example.ts"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist"