As yet untested, ajax service for angular operating on jQuery.ajax to avoid all cross browser hassles

gistfile1.js

define(function () {
  return [
    '$rootScope', '$q', 'session',
    function ($rootScope, $q, session) {

      var ajax = function (options) {

        var promise = (function () {

          var deferred = $q.defer();
          
          options.success = function (data) {
            deferred.resolve(data);
          };

          options.error = function (res) {
            console.log(res);
            var data = JSON.parse(res.responseText);
            var status = res.status;

            if(status === 401 || status === 403) {
              $rootScope.$broadcast('auth-failed')
            }

            deferred.reject({status: status, data: data})
          }

          options.data = options.data || {};
          options.type = options.type || 'GET';
          options.dataType = options.dataType || 'json';

          options.data[session.keyName()] = session.key();

          jQuery.ajax(options);

          return deferred.promise
        
        })();

        return promise;
      };

      var methods = ['get', 'put', 'post', 'delete'], l = methods.length, i = 0;

      for(;i<l;i++) {
        var m = methods[i];
        ajax[m] = function (options) {
          options.type = m.toUpperCase()
          return ajax(options);
        }
      }

      return ajax;
    }
  ]
})