diff --git a/src/pycoornet/crowdtangle.py b/src/pycoornet/crowdtangle.py
index ea80702..4526930 100644
--- a/src/pycoornet/crowdtangle.py
+++ b/src/pycoornet/crowdtangle.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ def __init__(self, api_key):
             raise Exception('Crowdtangle Api Token is missing')
         self.api_key = api_key
 
-    def get_shares(self, urls, url_column='url', date_column='date', platforms=('facebook', 'instagram'), nmax=500, sleep_time=20, clean_urls=False, save_ctapi_output=False):
+    def get_shares(self, urls, url_column='url', date_column='date', platforms=('facebook', 'instagram'),
+                   nmax=500, sleep_time=20, clean_urls=False, save_ctapi_output=False, id_column=None):
         """ Get the URLs shares from CrowdTangle from a list of URLs with publish datetime
 
         Args:
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ def get_shares(self, urls, url_column='url', date_column='date', platforms=('fac
                                         depending on the assigned API rate limit. Defaults to 20.
             clean_urls (bool, optional): clean the URLs from tracking parameters. Defaults to False.
             save_ctapi_output (bool, optional): saves the original CT API output in rawdata/ folder. Defaults to False.
-
+            id_column(str,optional): name of the column wherre the id of each URL is stored.
         Raises:
             Exception: [description]
             Exception: [description]
@@ -146,6 +147,11 @@ def get_shares(self, urls, url_column='url', date_column='date', platforms=('fac
                     df_full['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df_full['date'])
                     df_full = df_full.set_index('date', drop=False)
 
+                    # if id column is specified
+                    if id_column:
+                        df_full["id_column"] = urls.iloc[i, :].loc['id_column']
+
+
                     # remove shares performed more than one week from first share
                     df_full = df_full.loc[(df_full.index <= df_full.index.min()+ pd.Timedelta('7 day'))]