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+define([
+  'angular',
+],
+function (angular) {
+  'use strict';
+
+  var module = angular.module('grafana.services');
+
+  module.service('ZabbixAPI', function($q, backendSrv) {
+
+    this.init = function () {};
+
+    /**
+     * Request data from Zabbix API
+     * @return {object}  response.result
+     */
+    this._request = function(url, method, params, auth) {
+      var options = {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: {
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+        },
+        url: url,
+        data: {
+          jsonrpc: '2.0',
+          method: method,
+          params: params,
+          auth: auth,
+          id: 1
+        }
+      };
+
+      if (this.basicAuth || this.withCredentials) {
+        options.withCredentials = true;
+      }
+      if (this.basicAuth) {
+        options.headers.Authorization = this.basicAuth;
+      }
+
+      var self = this;
+      return backendSrv.datasourceRequest(options).then(function (response) {
+        if (!response.data) {
+          return [];
+        }
+        // Handle Zabbix API errors
+        else if (response.data.error) {
+
+          // Handle auth errors
+          if (response.data.error.data === "Session terminated, re-login, please." ||
+              response.data.error.data === "Not authorised." ||
+              response.data.error.data === "Not authorized") {
+            return self.performZabbixAPILogin().then(function (response) {
+              self.auth = response;
+              return self.performZabbixAPIRequest(method, params);
+            });
+          }
+        }
+        return response.data.result;
+      });
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Get authentication token.
+     * @return {string}  auth token
+     */
+    this.login = function(url, username, password) {
+      var options = {
+        url : this.url,
+        method : 'POST',
+        data: {
+          jsonrpc: '2.0',
+          method: 'user.login',
+          params: {
+            user: this.username,
+            password: this.password
+          },
+          auth: null,
+          id: 1
+        }
+      };
+
+      if (this.basicAuth || this.withCredentials) {
+        options.withCredentials = true;
+      }
+      if (this.basicAuth) {
+        options.headers = options.headers || {};
+        options.headers.Authorization = this.basicAuth;
+      }
+
+      return backendSrv.datasourceRequest(options).then(function (result) {
+        if (!result.data) {
+          return null;
+        }
+        return result.data.result;
+      });
+    };
+
+  });
+});
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