Index: trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptool.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptool.c	(revision 28096)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptool.c	(revision 28106)
@@ -53,4 +53,5 @@
 static bool updatedependentMode(pxConfig *config);
 static bool revertdependentMode(pxConfig *config);
+static bool getwebrequestnumMode(pxConfig *config);
 
 # define MODECASE(caseName, func) \
@@ -95,4 +96,5 @@
         MODECASE(PSTAMPTOOL_MODE_UPDATEDEPENDENT, updatedependentMode);
         MODECASE(PSTAMPTOOL_MODE_REVERTDEPENDENT, revertdependentMode);
+        MODECASE(PSTAMPTOOL_MODE_GETWEBREQUESTNUM, getwebrequestnumMode);
         default:
             psAbort("invalid option (this should not happen)");
@@ -1334,2 +1336,18 @@
     return true;
 }
+
+static bool getwebrequestnumMode(pxConfig *config)
+{
+    PS_ASSERT_PTR_NON_NULL(config, false);
+
+    if (!pstampWebRequestInsert(config->dbh, 0 )) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to insert pstampWebRequest");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    psS64 req_id = psDBLastInsertID(config->dbh);
+
+    printf("%" PRId64 "\n", req_id);
+
+    return true;
+}
Index: trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptool.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptool.h	(revision 28096)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptool.h	(revision 28106)
@@ -48,4 +48,5 @@
     PSTAMPTOOL_MODE_UPDATEDEPENDENT,
     PSTAMPTOOL_MODE_REVERTDEPENDENT,
+    PSTAMPTOOL_MODE_GETWEBREQUESTNUM,
 } pstamptoolMode;
 
Index: trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptoolConfig.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptoolConfig.c	(revision 28096)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptoolConfig.c	(revision 28106)
@@ -235,4 +235,7 @@
     psMetadataAddBool(projectArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-simple", 0, "use the simple output format", false);
 
+    // -getwebrequestnum
+    psMetadata *getwebrequestnumArgs = psMetadataAlloc();
+
     psMetadata *argSets = psMetadataAlloc();
     psMetadata *modes = psMetadataAlloc();
@@ -264,4 +267,5 @@
     PXOPT_ADD_MODE("-modproject",      "", PSTAMPTOOL_MODE_MODPROJECT, modprojectArgs);
     PXOPT_ADD_MODE("-project",         "", PSTAMPTOOL_MODE_PROJECT,    projectArgs);
+    PXOPT_ADD_MODE("-getwebrequestnum","", PSTAMPTOOL_MODE_GETWEBREQUESTNUM,   getwebrequestnumArgs);
 
     if (!pxGetOptions(stderr, argc, argv, config, modes, argSets)) {