# Authenticate using Cookies

To authenticate with a site that uses cookies, use the configuration parameters `CustomHeaderName` and `CustomHeaderValue` to send the cookie data to the web server with each request. For example:

    [MyTask]
    Url=https://my-site/index.htm
    CustomHeaderName0=Cookie
    CustomHeaderValue0=session=abc123;userID=12345

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