Basic Auth Service for Angular

auth.service.js

/*
* Angular Service for authentication
*
* @params none
*
* @returns none
*/

AuthService.$inject = ['$location', 'ExceptionService'];

function AuthService($location, ExceptionService) {

    var self = this;

    /****  Private Variables  ****/
    var user = null;

    /****  Initializations  ****/
    authCheck();    

    /****  Public Functions  ****/

    /*
    * Logs in the user
    *
    * @params email (string|required), pwd (string|required), remember (bool|required), redirect (string|optional)
    *
    * @returns $http promise
    */
    self.login = function (email, pwd, remember, redirect) {
          return $http.post('/login', {
              email: email,
              password: pwd,
              remember: remember
          })
              .then(function (response) {
                  if(response.data.success){
                      if(redirect){
                          $location.url(redirect);
                      }
                      user = response.data.user;
                  }
              }, function (error) {
                  ExceptionService.errorResponse(error);
              })
    };
    
    self.logout = function () {
        $location.url('/logout');  
    };
    
    self.register = function () {
        //TODO fill out  
    };
    
    self.inviteNewUser = function () {
        //TODO fill out  
    };
    
    self.getUser = function () {
          return user;
    };
    
    self.isLoggedIn = function () {
        return user !== null;  
    };

    /****  Private Functions  ****/

    function authCheck() {
        return $http.post('/authCheck')
            .then(function (response) {
                user = response.data.user;
            }, function (error) {
                ExceptionService.errorResponse(error); 
            });
    }

}