diff --git a/workflow-designer-be/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/workflow/api/swagger/UserIdReader.java b/workflow-designer-be/src/main/java/org/onap/sdc/workflow/api/swagger/UserIdReader.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onap.sdc.workflow.api.swagger;
+
+import static org.onap.sdc.workflow.api.RestParams.USER_ID_HEADER;
+
+import com.fasterxml.classmate.TypeResolver;
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import org.onap.sdc.workflow.services.annotations.UserId;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import springfox.documentation.service.ResolvedMethodParameter;
+import springfox.documentation.spi.DocumentationType;
+import springfox.documentation.spi.service.ParameterBuilderPlugin;
+import springfox.documentation.spi.service.contexts.ParameterContext;
+import springfox.documentation.swagger.common.SwaggerPluginSupport;
+
+/**
+ * This component is neccesary because swagger cannot find a custom annotations in API.
+ * This is needed to find specifically the {@link UserId} annotation
+ */
+@Component
+@Order(SwaggerPluginSupport.SWAGGER_PLUGIN_ORDER + 1000)
+public class UserIdReader implements ParameterBuilderPlugin {
+
+    private static final String HEADER = "header";
+    private final TypeResolver resolver;
+
+    public UserIdReader(TypeResolver resolver) {
+        this.resolver = resolver;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void apply(ParameterContext parameterContext) {
+        ResolvedMethodParameter methodParameter = parameterContext.resolvedMethodParameter();
+        Optional<UserId> requestParam = methodParameter.findAnnotation(UserId.class);
+        if (requestParam.isPresent()) {
+            parameterContext.parameterBuilder().parameterType(HEADER).name(USER_ID_HEADER)
+                            .type(resolver.resolve(String.class));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean supports(DocumentationType documentationType) {
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/workflow-designer-be/src/test/java/org/onap/sdc/workflow/api/swagger/UserIdReaderTest.java b/workflow-designer-be/src/test/java/org/onap/sdc/workflow/api/swagger/UserIdReaderTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onap.sdc.workflow.api.swagger;
+
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import com.fasterxml.classmate.TypeResolver;
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.onap.sdc.workflow.services.annotations.UserId;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import springfox.documentation.builders.ParameterBuilder;
+import springfox.documentation.service.ResolvedMethodParameter;
+import springfox.documentation.spi.service.contexts.ParameterContext;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class UserIdReaderTest {
+
+    private static final UserId USER_ID_ANNOTATION = new UserId() {
+
+        @Override
+        public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType() {
+            return UserId.class;
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Mock
+    TypeResolver resolver; // do not delete. this is used in the injection of UserIdReader constructor
+    @Mock
+    ResolvedMethodParameter resolvedMethodParameter;
+    @Mock
+    ParameterBuilder parameterBuilder;
+    @Mock
+    ParameterContext parameterContext;
+    @InjectMocks
+    UserIdReader userIdReader;
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldNotCallToParameterBuilderIfUserIdAnnotationNotFound() {
+        when(parameterContext.resolvedMethodParameter()).thenReturn(resolvedMethodParameter);
+        when(resolvedMethodParameter.findAnnotation(UserId.class)).thenReturn(Optional.absent());
+        userIdReader.apply(parameterContext);
+        verify(parameterContext, times(0)).parameterBuilder();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldCallToParameterBuilderIfUserIdAnnotationFound() {
+
+        doReturn(resolvedMethodParameter).when(parameterContext).resolvedMethodParameter();
+        doReturn(parameterBuilder).when(parameterContext).parameterBuilder();
+        doReturn(parameterBuilder).when(parameterBuilder).parameterType(any());
+        doReturn(parameterBuilder).when(parameterBuilder).name(any());
+        doReturn(parameterBuilder).when(parameterBuilder).type(any());
+        doReturn(Optional.of(USER_ID_ANNOTATION)).when(resolvedMethodParameter).findAnnotation(UserId.class);
+
+        userIdReader.apply(parameterContext);
+        verify(parameterContext, times(1)).parameterBuilder();
+    }
+}
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