Scheduled task with powershell calling http resulting exit code

scheduled task

Add a scheduled task to Windows to execute the script "wake-up-http.ps1"

powershell -NonInteractive -NoLogo -NoProfile -Command ". C:\wake-up-http.ps1; Exit $LASTEXITCODE"

wake-up-http.ps1

$body = "userName=<<USERNAME>>&password=<<PASSWORD>>"

$uri = "http://localhost:8080/api/auth"

$request = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($uri)
$request.Accept = "application/json"
$request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8"
$request.ContentLength = $body.length
$request.Method = "POST"

try
{
    $requestStream = $request.GetRequestStream()
    $streamWriter = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($requestStream)
    $streamWriter.Write($body)
}

finally
{
    if ($null -ne $streamWriter) { $streamWriter.Dispose() }
    if ($null -ne $requestStream) { $requestStream.Dispose() }
}

$status = 0;

try
{
    $response = $request.GetResponse()
}
catch [System.Net.WebException] {

    If ($_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.value__) {
        $status = [int]($_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.value__ ).ToString().Trim();
    }
    If  ($_.Exception.Message) {
        $crapMessage = ($_.Exception.Message).ToString().Trim();
        Write-Output $crapMessage;
    }
}
finally
{
    if ($null -ne $response) { $response.Close() }
}

Exit $status