i am a LEGEND

Client/src/main/java/Id.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 public class Id {
-    private String userid = "";
+    private String userid;
     private String name;
     private String github;
 
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ public class Id {
         return userid;
     }
 
-    public Id(){}
 
     public Id( String userid, String name, String github) {
         this.userid = userid;

Client/src/main/java/SimpleShell.java

@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ public class SimpleShell {
                         SimpleShell.prettyPrint(result);
                     } else {
                     //SUPPOSED TO UPDATE A USER BUT IT DOESNT WORK FML
-                        Id id = new Id("",list.get(2) , list.get(3));
+                    //BUT GUESS WHAT IT FUCKING WORKS NOW HA HA
+                        String userid = webber.get_userid(list.get(3));
+                        String trimmed = userid.substring(3,userid.length()-3);
+                        Id id = new Id( trimmed,list.get(2) , list.get(3));
                         String result = webber.put_id(id);
                         SimpleShell.prettyPrint(result);
                     }
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ public class SimpleShell {
                         SimpleShell.prettyPrint(results);
                     } else if (list.size() == 3){
                     // get messages for a person from another person DOESNT WORK
-                        String results = webber.get_messages(list.get(1), list.get(2));
+                        String results = webber.get_messages_from(list.get(1), list.get(2));
                         SimpleShell.prettyPrint(results);
                     }
                     continue;

Client/src/main/java/YouAreEll.java

@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ public class YouAreEll {
         return MakeURLCall("/ids", "GET", "");
     }
 
+    public String get_userid(String github) throws IOException{
+
+        return MakeURLCall("/ids/" + github, "GET", "");
+    }
+
     public String post_id(String jpayload) throws IOException{
 
         return MakeURLCall("/ids", "POST", jpayload);
@@ -35,16 +40,24 @@ public class YouAreEll {
     }
 
     public String get_messages(String...path) throws IOException{
+
         String mainurl = "/messages";
-        if (path.length > 0)
+        if (path.length > 0) {
             mainurl = "/ids/" + path[0] + mainurl;
-
-        if (path.length > 1)
+        }
+        if (path.length > 1) {
             mainurl = mainurl + "/" + path[1];
+        }
 
         return MakeURLCall(mainurl, "GET", "");
     }
 
+    public String get_messages_from(String to, String from) throws IOException{
+        String nutty = "/ids/" + to + "/from/" + from;
+        System.out.println(nutty);
+        return MakeURLCall(nutty, "GET", "");
+    }
+
     public String post_messages(Message message) throws IOException{
         String jpayload = mapper.writeValueAsString(message);
         if (message.getToid().equalsIgnoreCase("")){