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/**
 * A service for authenticating a user against the REST API.
 */
angular.module('index').factory('authenticationService', ['$http', 
        function authenticationService($http) {
    var service = {};
    
    /**
     * Makes a request to authenticate a user using the login REST API endpoint, 
     * returning a promise that can be used for processing the results of the call.
     * 
     * @param {string} username The username to log in with.
     * @param {string} password The password to log in with.
     * @returns {promise} A promise for the HTTP call.
     */
    service.login = function login(username, password) {
        return $http({
            method: 'POST',
            url: 'api/login',
            headers: {
                'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
            },
            data: $.param({
                username: username,
                password: password
            })
        });
    };
    
    return service;
}]);