I need to schedule a task that will call a given url hourly. The URL doesn't return anything so it is fairly simple HOWEVER this URL requires an authorization header:
Authorization: Basic {SOME AUTH CODE}
How do I append this header to the request with Windows Task Scheduler?
Use cURL in a script and set it to be run via scheduled task.
You don't have to set the authorization header manually, you can just use the --user argument
curl --user user:pass http://www.example.com
If you really want to add the header manually use the -H / --header switch. More on that here.
curl -H "Authorization: [auth string]" http://www.example.com
