diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7db80e4ca1bf849701dce58a63f09a102cb9f931..579e57ac1f11a2bfa05d581a835f3d6be94ab910 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ Things you may want to cover:
 * Deployment instructions
 
 * ...
+
+login curl
+
+curl -d '{"user": {"email":"test@surrey.ac.uk", "password":"123456"}}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST localhost:3000/api/login -i
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diff --git a/app/controllers/auth_controller.rb b/app/controllers/auth_controller.rb
index 831a1b03fa71153988a6f280dace9f22889be1f1..3c3f14c194a3cfd5ad9c93499b08cecdef1ad80a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/auth_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/auth_controller.rb
@@ -12,4 +12,15 @@ class AuthController < ApplicationController
     def auth_fail
         render json: { message: 'Failed to Authenticate User.'}
     end
+
+    def get_email
+        puts params
+        if authenticate_user!
+            puts "lolol"
+            puts params
+            render json: {email: User.find_by(id: params["id"]).email}
+        else
+            auth_fail
+        end
+    end
 end
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diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index be254bea3c0c8b2dc17ec19e6b1072bcadcf2f45..1ec2497bb26a99f2459126369f6865d2f46740d4 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   end
 
   post 'auth', to: 'auth#access_check'
+  post 'auth/email', to: 'auth#get_email'
 
   devise_for :users,
     defaults: { format: :json },