diff --git a/src/app/services/rest/auth.service.ts b/src/app/services/rest/auth.service.ts
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+/// <reference path="../../../../typings/index.d.ts"/>
+
+// Imports
+import {AppConfig} from '../../config/app.config';
+import {Injectable}     from '@angular/core';
+import {Http, Response} from '@angular/http';
+import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Rx';
+import {IAuthRequest, IAuthResponse} from '../../interfaces/auth.interface';
+import {CookieService} from 'angular2-cookie/core';
+
+// Import RxJs required methods
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class AuthService {
+  private xosToken:string;
+  private xosSessionId:string;
+  // Resolve HTTP using the constructor
+  constructor (private http: Http, private cookieService:CookieService) {
+  }
+
+  // check if the user is authenticated
+  isAuthenticated(){
+    this.xosToken = this.cookieService.get('xoscsrftoken');
+    this.xosSessionId = this.cookieService.get('xossessionid');
+    return this.xosToken;
+  }
+
+  // save cookies
+  storeAuth(auth:IAuthResponse){
+    this.cookieService.put('xoscsrftoken', auth.xoscsrftoken);
+    this.cookieService.put('xossessionid', auth.xossessionid);
+  }
+
+  // Log the user in
+  login(auth: IAuthRequest) : Observable<IAuthResponse> {
+    return this.http.post(`${AppConfig.apiEndpoint}/utility/login/`, auth)
+      .map((res:Response) => res.json())
+      .map((auth:IAuthResponse) => {
+        this.storeAuth(auth);
+        auth.user = JSON.parse(auth.user);
+        return auth;
+      })
+      .catch((error:any) => Observable.throw(error.json().error || 'Server error'));
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/app/services/rest/core.service.ts b/src/app/services/rest/core.service.ts
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+/// <reference path="../../../../typings/index.d.ts"/>
+
+// Imports
+import {AppConfig} from '../../config/app.config';
+import { Injectable }     from '@angular/core';
+import { Http, Response, Headers, RequestOptions } from '@angular/http';
+import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Rx';
+
+// Import RxJs required methods
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class CoreService {
+  // Resolve HTTP using the constructor
+  constructor (private http: Http) {}
+  // private instance variable to hold base url
+  private baseUrl = AppConfig.apiEndpoint;
+
+  // Fetch all existing comments
+  getCoreEndpoints() : Observable<any[]> {
+
+    // ...using get request
+    return this.http.get(`${this.baseUrl}/core/`)
+    // ...and calling .json() on the response to return data
+      .map((res:Response) => res.json())
+      //...errors if any
+      .catch((error:any) => Observable.throw(error.json().error || 'Server error'));
+
+  }
+}