Host to post a page that can't be found?

[Lauren Cooper]

Is there a way I can post a page on my website where others won't be able to
find it?

I am using the page to trigger the execution of a report. My hosting
provider offers a scheduler that will hit a page at a configurable interval.
It works perfectly, except that someone else may find the page and trigger
the report.

Any suggestions? Or is this just a bad design?

Thanks!

 

[KMA]

Would it be possible to write the code behind so that the page gives two
different outputs depending on whether it was requested by the scheduler or
not. ie , the scheduler triggers the report but anyone else gets a message
to Bog off.

Perhaps include a paramter in the query string from the scheduler that is
difficult to guess.

 

[Lauren Cooper]

This is an absolutely brilliant response.

That's exactly what I will do.

Thank you!!