I have managed too stop it too warning me that its not contained in the whitelist but it no longer runs
exec.whitelist
/usr/bin/curl -X POST --data-binary {"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"VideoLibrary.Scan","id":"mybash"} -H content-type:application/json http://USER:PASS@192.168.0.15:8080/jsonrpc > NUL 2>&1
exec.things
Thing exec:command:kodidbupdate "Database Update" @ "Living Room" [command="/usr/bin/curl -X POST --data-binary {\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"VideoLibrary.Scan\",\"id\":\"mybash\"} -H content-type:application/json http://USER:PASS@192.168.0.15:8080/jsonrpc > NUL 2>&1", interval=0 , timeout=5, autorun=false]