diff --git a/frontend/app/components/api/api-v3/hal-request/hal-request.service.test.ts b/frontend/app/components/api/api-v3/hal-request/hal-request.service.test.ts
index 83056fcebe..90e0b4147d 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/api/api-v3/hal-request/hal-request.service.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/components/api/api-v3/hal-request/hal-request.service.test.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@
 import {opApiModule} from '../../../../angular-modules';
 import {HalRequestService} from './hal-request.service';
 import {HalResource} from '../hal-resources/hal-resource.service';
+import IPromise = angular.IPromise;
+import IRootScopeService = angular.IRootScopeService;
+import IHttpBackendService = angular.IHttpBackendService;
 
 describe('halRequest service', () => {
-  var $httpBackend:ng.IHttpBackendService;
-  var $rootScope:ng.IRootScopeService;
+  var $httpBackend:IHttpBackendService;
+  var $rootScope:IRootScopeService;
   var halRequest:HalRequestService;
 
   beforeEach(angular.mock.module(opApiModule.name));
@@ -46,9 +49,11 @@ describe('halRequest service', () => {
 
   describe('when requesting data', () => {
     var resource:HalResource;
-    var promise:ng.IPromise<HalResource>;
+    var promise:IPromise<HalResource>;
     var method:string;
     var data:any;
+    var headers = {Accept: 'foo'};
+
     const methods = ['get', 'put', 'post', 'patch', 'delete'];
     const runExpectations = () => {
       it('should return a HalResource', () => {
@@ -56,7 +61,11 @@ describe('halRequest service', () => {
       });
     };
     const respond = status => {
-      $httpBackend.expect(method.toUpperCase(), 'href', data).respond(status, {});
+      $httpBackend.expect(method.toUpperCase(), 'href', data, (headers:any) => {
+        return headers.Accept === 'foo';
+      })
+        .respond(status, {});
+
       promise
         .then(res => resource = res)
         .catch(res => resource = res);
@@ -91,13 +100,13 @@ describe('halRequest service', () => {
 
     describe('when calling the http methods of the service', () => {
       runRequests(() => {
-        promise = halRequest[method]('href', data);
+        promise = halRequest[method]('href', data, headers);
       });
     });
 
     describe('when calling request()', () => {
       runRequests(() => {
-        promise = halRequest.request(method, 'href', data);
+        promise = halRequest.request(method, 'href', data, headers);
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/frontend/app/components/api/api-v3/hal-request/hal-request.service.ts b/frontend/app/components/api/api-v3/hal-request/hal-request.service.ts
index 5a7387ff58..b9ebe3710c 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/api/api-v3/hal-request/hal-request.service.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/components/api/api-v3/hal-request/hal-request.service.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import {opApiModule} from '../../../../angular-modules';
 import {HalResource} from '../hal-resources/hal-resource.service';
 import {HalResourceFactoryService} from '../hal-resource-factory/hal-resource-factory.service';
+import IPromise = angular.IPromise;
 
 export class HalRequestService {
   constructor(protected $q:ng.IQService,
@@ -42,14 +43,15 @@ export class HalRequestService {
    * @param method
    * @param href
    * @param data
+   * @param headers
    * @returns {IPromise<HalResource>}
    */
-  public request(method:string, href:string, data?:any):ng.IPromise<HalResource> {
+  public request(method:string, href:string, data?:any, headers:any = {}):IPromise<HalResource> {
     if (!href) {
       return this.$q.when(null);
     }
 
-    const config:any = {method: method, url: href, data: data};
+    const config:any = {method: method, url: href, data: data, headers: headers};
     const createResource =
       response => this.halResourceFactory.createHalResource(response.data);
 
@@ -66,20 +68,22 @@ export class HalRequestService {
    *
    * @param href
    * @param params
+   * @param headers
    * @returns {ng.IPromise<HalResource>}
    */
-  public get(href:string, params?:any):ng.IPromise<HalResource> {
-    return this.request('get', href, params);
+  public get(href:string, params?:any, headers?:any):IPromise<HalResource> {
+    return this.request('get', href, params, headers);
   }
 
   /**
    * Perform a PUT request and return a resource promise.
    * @param href
    * @param data
+   * @param headers
    * @returns {ng.IPromise<HalResource>}
    */
-  public put(href:string, data?:any):ng.IPromise<HalResource> {
-    return this.request('put', href, data);
+  public put(href:string, data?:any, headers?:any):IPromise<HalResource> {
+    return this.request('put', href, data, headers);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -87,10 +91,11 @@ export class HalRequestService {
    *
    * @param href
    * @param data
+   * @param headers
    * @returns {ng.IPromise<HalResource>}
    */
-  public post(href:string, data?:any):ng.IPromise<HalResource> {
-    return this.request('post', href, data);
+  public post(href:string, data?:any, headers?:any):IPromise<HalResource> {
+    return this.request('post', href, data, headers);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -98,10 +103,11 @@ export class HalRequestService {
    *
    * @param href
    * @param data
+   * @param headers
    * @returns {ng.IPromise<HalResource>}
    */
-  public patch(href:string, data?:any):ng.IPromise<HalResource> {
-    return this.request('patch', href, data);
+  public patch(href:string, data?:any, headers?:any):IPromise<HalResource> {
+    return this.request('patch', href, data, headers);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -109,10 +115,11 @@ export class HalRequestService {
    *
    * @param href
    * @param data
+   * @param headers
    * @returns {ng.IPromise<HalResource>}
    */
-  public delete(href:string, data?:any):ng.IPromise<HalResource> {
-    return this.request('delete', href, data);
+  public delete(href:string, data?:any, headers?:any):IPromise<HalResource> {
+    return this.request('delete', href, data, headers);
   }
 }