diff --git a/examples/set-display-name.lua b/examples/set-display-name.lua
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+#! /usr/bin/env lua
+--
+-- get-user-info.lua
+-- Copyright (C) 2016 Adrian Perez <aperez@igalia.com>
+--
+-- Distributed under terms of the MIT license.
+--
+
+if #arg ~= 4 then
+   io.stderr:write(string.format("Usage: %s <homeserver-URL> <username> <password> <displayname>\n", arg[0]))
+   os.exit(1)
+end
+
+local api = require "matrix" .api(arg[1])
+
+-- Login and configure the access token used for further API requests
+local response = api:login("m.login.password", { user = arg[2], password = arg[3] })
+api.token = response.access_token
+
+-- Set the display name
+api:set_display_name(response.user_id, arg[4])
+api:logout()