diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..707daf9e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { AuthRequestService } from './auth-request.service';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
+import { PostRequest } from '../data/request.models';
+import { TestScheduler } from 'rxjs/testing';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject } from '../../shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { ShortLivedToken } from './models/short-lived-token.model';
+import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
+
+describe(`AuthRequestService`, () => {
+  let halService: HALEndpointService;
+  let endpointURL: string;
+  let shortLivedToken: ShortLivedToken;
+  let shortLivedTokenRD: RemoteData<ShortLivedToken>;
+  let requestService: RequestService;
+  let rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService;
+  let service: AuthRequestService;
+  let testScheduler;
+
+    class TestAuthRequestService extends AuthRequestService {
+      constructor(
+        hes: HALEndpointService,
+        rs: RequestService,
+        rdbs: RemoteDataBuildService
+      ) {
+        super(hes, rs, rdbs);
+      }
+
+      protected createShortLivedTokenRequest(href: string): PostRequest {
+        return new PostRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href);
+      }
+    }
+
+    const init = (cold: typeof TestScheduler.prototype.createColdObservable) => {
+      endpointURL = 'https://rest.api/auth';
+      shortLivedToken = Object.assign(new ShortLivedToken(), {
+        value: 'some-token'
+      });
+      shortLivedTokenRD = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(shortLivedToken);
+
+      halService = jasmine.createSpyObj('halService', {
+        'getEndpoint': cold('a', { a: endpointURL })
+      });
+      requestService = jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', {
+        'send': null
+      });
+      rdbService = jasmine.createSpyObj('rdbService', {
+        'buildFromRequestUUID': cold('a', { a: shortLivedTokenRD })
+      });
+
+      service = new TestAuthRequestService(halService, requestService, rdbService);
+    };
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      testScheduler = new TestScheduler((actual, expected) => {
+        expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+  describe(`getShortlivedToken`, () => {
+    it(`should call createShortLivedTokenRequest with the url for the endpoint`, () => {
+      testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable, flush }) => {
+        init(cold);
+        spyOn(service as any, 'createShortLivedTokenRequest');
+        // expectObservable is needed to let testScheduler know to take it in to account, but since
+        // we're not testing the outcome in this test, a .toBe(…) isn't necessary
+        expectObservable(service.getShortlivedToken());
+        flush();
+        expect((service as any).createShortLivedTokenRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`${endpointURL}/shortlivedtokens`);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts b/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts
index 4315ddfea8..00a94822d3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { distinctUntilChanged, filter, map, mergeMap, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
-import {
-  GetRequest,
-  PostRequest,
-  RestRequest,
-} from '../data/request.models';
+import { GetRequest, PostRequest, RestRequest, } from '../data/request.models';
 import { HttpOptions } from '../dspace-rest/dspace-rest.service';
 import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../shared/operators';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
@@ -17,8 +12,10 @@ import { AuthStatus } from './models/auth-status.model';
 import { ShortLivedToken } from './models/short-lived-token.model';
 import { URLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/url-combiner';
 
-@Injectable()
-export class AuthRequestService {
+/**
+ * Abstract service to send authentication requests
+ */
+export abstract class AuthRequestService {
   protected linkName = 'authn';
   protected browseEndpoint = '';
   protected shortlivedtokensEndpoint = 'shortlivedtokens';
@@ -62,16 +59,26 @@ export class AuthRequestService {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Send a POST request to retrieve a short-lived token which provides download access of restricted files
+   * Factory function to create the request object to send. This needs to be a POST client side and
+   * a GET server side. Due to CSRF validation, the server isn't allowed to send a POST, so we allow
+   * only the server IP to send a GET to this endpoint.
+   *
+   * @param href The href to send the request to
+   * @protected
+   */
+  protected abstract createShortLivedTokenRequest(href: string): GetRequest | PostRequest;
+
+  /**
+   * Send a request to retrieve a short-lived token which provides download access of restricted files
    */
   public getShortlivedToken(): Observable<string> {
     return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkName).pipe(
       filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href)),
       distinctUntilChanged(),
       map((href: string) => new URLCombiner(href, this.shortlivedtokensEndpoint).toString()),
-      map((endpointURL: string) => new PostRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL)),
-      tap((request: PostRequest) => this.requestService.send(request)),
-      switchMap((request: PostRequest) => this.rdbService.buildFromRequestUUID<ShortLivedToken>(request.uuid)),
+      map((endpointURL: string) => this.createShortLivedTokenRequest(endpointURL)),
+      tap((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.send(request)),
+      switchMap((request: RestRequest) => this.rdbService.buildFromRequestUUID<ShortLivedToken>(request.uuid)),
       getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
       map((response: RemoteData<ShortLivedToken>) => {
         if (response.hasSucceeded) {
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/browser-auth-request.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/auth/browser-auth-request.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18d27340af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/browser-auth-request.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { AuthRequestService } from './auth-request.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+import { BrowserAuthRequestService } from './browser-auth-request.service';
+
+describe(`BrowserAuthRequestService`, () => {
+  let href: string;
+  let requestService: RequestService;
+  let service: AuthRequestService;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    href = 'https://rest.api/auth/shortlivedtokens';
+    requestService = jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', {
+      'generateRequestId': '8bb0582d-5013-4337-af9c-763beb25aae2'
+    });
+    service = new BrowserAuthRequestService(null, requestService, null);
+  });
+
+  describe(`createShortLivedTokenRequest`, () => {
+    it(`should return a PostRequest`, () => {
+      const result = (service as any).createShortLivedTokenRequest(href);
+      expect(result.constructor.name).toBe('PostRequest');
+    });
+
+    it(`should return a request with the given href`, () => {
+      const result = (service as any).createShortLivedTokenRequest(href);
+      expect(result.href).toBe(href) ;
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/browser-auth-request.service.ts b/src/app/core/auth/browser-auth-request.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85d5f54340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/browser-auth-request.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { AuthRequestService } from './auth-request.service';
+import { PostRequest } from '../data/request.models';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
+
+/**
+ * Client side version of the service to send authentication requests
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class BrowserAuthRequestService extends AuthRequestService {
+
+  constructor(
+    halService: HALEndpointService,
+    requestService: RequestService,
+    rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService
+  ) {
+    super(halService, requestService, rdbService);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Factory function to create the request object to send. This needs to be a POST client side and
+   * a GET server side. Due to CSRF validation, the server isn't allowed to send a POST, so we allow
+   * only the server IP to send a GET to this endpoint.
+   *
+   * @param href The href to send the request to
+   * @protected
+   */
+  protected createShortLivedTokenRequest(href: string): PostRequest {
+    return new PostRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/server-auth-request.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/auth/server-auth-request.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69053fbb3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/server-auth-request.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { AuthRequestService } from './auth-request.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+import { ServerAuthRequestService } from './server-auth-request.service';
+
+describe(`ServerAuthRequestService`, () => {
+  let href: string;
+  let requestService: RequestService;
+  let service: AuthRequestService;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    href = 'https://rest.api/auth/shortlivedtokens';
+    requestService = jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', {
+      'generateRequestId': '8bb0582d-5013-4337-af9c-763beb25aae2'
+    });
+    service = new ServerAuthRequestService(null, requestService, null);
+  });
+
+  describe(`createShortLivedTokenRequest`, () => {
+    it(`should return a GetRequest`, () => {
+      const result = (service as any).createShortLivedTokenRequest(href);
+      expect(result.constructor.name).toBe('GetRequest');
+    });
+
+    it(`should return a request with the given href`, () => {
+      const result = (service as any).createShortLivedTokenRequest(href);
+      expect(result.href).toBe(href) ;
+    });
+
+    it(`should have a responseMsToLive of 2 seconds`, () => {
+      const result = (service as any).createShortLivedTokenRequest(href);
+      expect(result.responseMsToLive).toBe(2 * 1000) ;
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/server-auth-request.service.ts b/src/app/core/auth/server-auth-request.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..751389f71d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/server-auth-request.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { AuthRequestService } from './auth-request.service';
+import { GetRequest } from '../data/request.models';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
+
+/**
+ * Server side version of the service to send authentication requests
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class ServerAuthRequestService extends AuthRequestService {
+
+  constructor(
+    halService: HALEndpointService,
+    requestService: RequestService,
+    rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService
+  ) {
+    super(halService, requestService, rdbService);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Factory function to create the request object to send. This needs to be a POST client side and
+   * a GET server side. Due to CSRF validation, the server isn't allowed to send a POST, so we allow
+   * only the server IP to send a GET to this endpoint.
+   *
+   * @param href The href to send the request to
+   * @protected
+   */
+  protected createShortLivedTokenRequest(href: string): GetRequest {
+    return Object.assign(new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href), {
+      responseMsToLive: 2 * 1000 // A short lived token is only valid for 2 seconds.
+    });
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/core.module.ts b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
index f73bfd0bdf..619a7dbadc 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import { CSSVariableService } from '../shared/sass-helper/sass-helper.service';
 import { SidebarService } from '../shared/sidebar/sidebar.service';
 import { UploaderService } from '../shared/uploader/uploader.service';
 import { SectionFormOperationsService } from '../submission/sections/form/section-form-operations.service';
-import { AuthRequestService } from './auth/auth-request.service';
 import { AuthenticatedGuard } from './auth/authenticated.guard';
 import { AuthStatus } from './auth/models/auth-status.model';
 import { BrowseService } from './browse/browse.service';
@@ -188,7 +187,6 @@ const EXPORTS = [];
 const PROVIDERS = [
   ApiService,
   AuthenticatedGuard,
-  AuthRequestService,
   CommunityDataService,
   CollectionDataService,
   SiteDataService,
diff --git a/src/modules/app/browser-app.module.ts b/src/modules/app/browser-app.module.ts
index 4b6c5c813e..070d530dfe 100644
--- a/src/modules/app/browser-app.module.ts
+++ b/src/modules/app/browser-app.module.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import {
 import { LocaleService } from '../../app/core/locale/locale.service';
 import { GoogleAnalyticsService } from '../../app/statistics/google-analytics.service';
 import { RouterModule, NoPreloading } from '@angular/router';
+import { AuthRequestService } from '../../app/core/auth/auth-request.service';
+import { BrowserAuthRequestService } from '../../app/core/auth/browser-auth-request.service';
 
 export const REQ_KEY = makeStateKey<string>('req');
 
@@ -104,6 +106,10 @@ export function getRequest(transferState: TransferState): any {
       provide: GoogleAnalyticsService,
       useClass: GoogleAnalyticsService,
     },
+    {
+      provide: AuthRequestService,
+      useClass: BrowserAuthRequestService,
+    },
     {
       provide: LocationToken,
       useFactory: locationProvider,
diff --git a/src/modules/app/server-app.module.ts b/src/modules/app/server-app.module.ts
index 906d4c5f35..dad3a60d5c 100644
--- a/src/modules/app/server-app.module.ts
+++ b/src/modules/app/server-app.module.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import { ServerHardRedirectService } from '../../app/core/services/server-hard-r
 import { Angulartics2 } from 'angulartics2';
 import { Angulartics2Mock } from '../../app/shared/mocks/angulartics2.service.mock';
 import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
+import { AuthRequestService } from '../../app/core/auth/auth-request.service';
+import { ServerAuthRequestService } from '../../app/core/auth/server-auth-request.service';
 
 export function createTranslateLoader() {
   return new TranslateJson5UniversalLoader('dist/server/assets/i18n/', '.json5');
@@ -82,6 +84,10 @@ export function createTranslateLoader() {
       provide: SubmissionService,
       useClass: ServerSubmissionService
     },
+    {
+      provide: AuthRequestService,
+      useClass: ServerAuthRequestService,
+    },
     {
       provide: LocaleService,
       useClass: ServerLocaleService