diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 99f7b04..46a9ca9 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -185,6 +185,23 @@ async def before_serving():
         raise
 
 
+@app.get("/get-user-id")
+async def get_user_id() :
+    """
+    Returns the user id
+    """
+    try:
+        data = await request.get_json()
+        email = data["email"]
+        
+        user_id = datastore.get_user_id(email)
+        
+        return jsonify(user_id), 200
+    except (KeyError, TypeError, ValueError, datastore.DatastoreError) as error:
+        print(error)
+        return jsonify([f"GetUserIdError: {str(error)}"]), 400
+
+
 @app.post("/del")
 async def delete_directory():
     """
@@ -342,8 +359,7 @@ async def inference_request():
         container_name = data["container_name"]
         imageDims = data["imageDims"]
         image_base64 = data["image"]
-        #user_id = data.get["user_id"]
-        email = "example@gmail.com"
+        user_id = data["userId"]
         
         area_ratio = data.get("area_ratio", 0.5)
         color_format = data.get("color_format", "hex")
@@ -377,12 +393,10 @@ async def inference_request():
         # Open db connection
         connection = datastore.get_connection()
         cursor = datastore.get_cursor(connection)
-        
-        user = await datastore.validate_user(cursor, email, CONNECTION_STRING)
 
         image_hash_value = await azure_storage.generate_hash(image_bytes)
         picture_id = await datastore.get_picture_id(
-            cursor, user.id, image_hash_value, container_client
+            cursor, user_id, image_hash_value, container_client
         )
         
         pipeline = pipelines_endpoints.get(pipeline_name)
@@ -409,7 +423,7 @@ async def inference_request():
             result_json_string,
             image_hash_value,
         )
-        saved_result_json = await datastore.save_inference_result(cursor, user.id, processed_result_json[0], picture_id, pipeline_name, 1)
+        saved_result_json = await datastore.save_inference_result(cursor, user_id, processed_result_json[0], picture_id, pipeline_name, 1)
         
         datastore.end_query(connection, cursor)
         
diff --git a/storage/datastore_storage_api.py b/storage/datastore_storage_api.py
index 24d7745..5c25e10 100644
--- a/storage/datastore_storage_api.py
+++ b/storage/datastore_storage_api.py
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ class SeedNotFoundError(DatastoreError):
 class GetPipelinesError(DatastoreError):
     pass
 
+class UserNotFoundError(DatastoreError):
+    pass
+
 def get_connection() :
     return db.connect_db()
 
@@ -58,7 +61,6 @@ def get_all_seeds_names() -> list:
     except Exception as error: # TODO modify Exception for more specific exception
         raise SeedNotFoundError(error.args[0])
 
-
 def get_seeds(expression: str) -> list:
     """
     Return a list of all seed that contains the expression
@@ -67,7 +69,17 @@ def get_seeds(expression: str) -> list:
     cursor = get_cursor(connection)
     return list(filter(lambda x: expression in x, get_all_seeds_names(cursor)))
 
-
+def get_user_id(email: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Return the user_id of the user
+    """
+    connection = get_connection()
+    cursor = get_cursor(connection)
+    if user_datastore.is_user_registered(cursor, email):
+        return user_datastore.get_user_id(cursor, email)
+    else :
+        raise UserNotFoundError("User not found")
+                                      
 async def validate_user(cursor, email: str, connection_string) -> datastore.User:
     """
     Return True if user is valid, False otherwise