diff --git a/src/commands/getShiggies.ts b/src/commands/getShiggies.ts
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+++ b/src/commands/getShiggies.ts
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+import { SlashCommandBuilder } from "discord.js";
+import { PrefixCommand, SlashCommand } from "../commands";
+import changePfp from "../pfp";
+import authenticatedRequest from "../utils/authenticatedRequest";
+
+export default new PrefixCommand({
+  name: "getShiggies",
+  description: "refetches shiggies",
+  usage: "getShiggies",
+  callback: async (msg) => {
+    try {
+      await authenticatedRequest("/api/v0/getShiggies");
+      msg.reply("Fetching shiggies...");
+    } catch (e) {
+      msg.reply("Failed to request!");
+    }
+  },
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/authenticatedRequest.ts b/src/utils/authenticatedRequest.ts
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+export default async function authenticatedRequest(
+  path: string,
+  method: "GET" | "POST" | "PUT" | "DELETE" = "GET",
+  body?: any
+) {
+  const options: RequestInit = {
+    method,
+  };
+
+  if (body) {
+    options.body = JSON.stringify(body);
+    options.headers = {
+      "Content-Type": "application/json",
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (!process.env.SHARED_KEY) {
+    console.warn("No shared key set, skipping authentication");
+  } else {
+    options.headers = {
+      ...options.headers,
+      Authorization: process.env.SHARED_KEY,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return await fetch(`http://app:4321/${path}`, options);
+}