diff --git a/src/app/core/data/status-code-only-response-parsing.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/status-code-only-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbf2a49c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/data/status-code-only-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import { StatusCodeOnlyResponseParsingService } from './status-code-only-response-parsing.service';
+
+describe('StatusCodeOnlyResponseParsingService', () => {
+  let service;
+  let statusCode;
+  let statusText;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    service = new StatusCodeOnlyResponseParsingService();
+  });
+
+  describe('parse', () => {
+
+    it('should return a RestResponse that doesn\'t contain the response body', () => {
+      const payload = 'd9128e44-183b-479d-aa2e-d39435838bf6';
+      const result = service.parse(undefined, {
+        payload,
+        statusCode: 201,
+        statusText: '201'
+      });
+
+      expect(JSON.stringify(result).indexOf(payload)).toBe(-1);
+    });
+
+    describe('when the response is successful', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        statusCode = 201;
+        statusText = `${statusCode}`;
+      });
+
+      it('should return a success RestResponse', () => {
+        const result = service.parse(undefined, {
+          statusCode,
+          statusText
+        });
+
+        expect(result.isSuccessful).toBe(true);
+      });
+
+      it('should return a RestResponse with the correct status code', () => {
+        const result = service.parse(undefined, {
+          statusCode,
+          statusText
+        });
+
+        expect(result.statusCode).toBe(statusCode);
+      });
+
+      it('should return a RestResponse with the correct status text', () => {
+        const result = service.parse(undefined, {
+          statusCode,
+          statusText
+        });
+
+        expect(result.statusText).toBe(statusText);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the response is unsuccessful', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        statusCode = 400;
+        statusText = `${statusCode}`;
+      });
+
+      it('should return an error RestResponse', () => {
+        const result = service.parse(undefined, {
+          statusCode,
+          statusText
+        });
+
+        expect(result.isSuccessful).toBe(false);
+      });
+
+      it('should return a RestResponse with the correct status code', () => {
+        const result = service.parse(undefined, {
+          statusCode,
+          statusText
+        });
+
+        expect(result.statusCode).toBe(statusCode);
+      });
+
+      it('should return a RestResponse with the correct status text', () => {
+        const result = service.parse(undefined, {
+          statusCode,
+          statusText
+        });
+
+        expect(result.statusText).toBe(statusText);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/status-code-only-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/status-code-only-response-parsing.service.ts
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index 0000000000..b9812dcfee
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+++ b/src/app/core/data/status-code-only-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { RestResponse } from '../cache/response.models';
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
+import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
+import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
+
+/**
+ * A responseparser that will only look at the status code and status
+ * text of the response, and ignore anything else that might be there
+ */
+@Injectable({
+  providedIn: 'root'
+})
+export class StatusCodeOnlyResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
+
+  /**
+   * Parse the response and only extract the status code and status text
+   *
+   * @param request The request that was sent to the server
+   * @param data The response to parse
+   */
+  parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
+    const isSuccessful = data.statusCode >= 200 && data.statusCode < 300;
+    return new RestResponse(isSuccessful, data.statusCode, data.statusText);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/statistics/track-request.model.ts b/src/app/statistics/track-request.model.ts
index df3e51c070..770d3146c6 100644
--- a/src/app/statistics/track-request.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/statistics/track-request.model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
+import { ResponseParsingService } from '../core/data/parsing.service';
 import { PostRequest } from '../core/data/request.models';
+import { StatusCodeOnlyResponseParsingService } from '../core/data/status-code-only-response-parsing.service';
+import { GenericConstructor } from '../core/shared/generic-constructor';
 
 export class TrackRequest extends PostRequest {
+
+  getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
+    return StatusCodeOnlyResponseParsingService;
+  }
 }