@app.route('/get_user_profile', methods=['POST'])
def get_user_profile():
    try:

        email = request.form['email']
        conn = MySQLdb.connect(host='localhost', user='muscle', password='some_pass')
        c = conn.cursor(MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor)
        c.execute('USE muscle2')

        c.execute("""SELECT Email, Name, Height, Weight, Profile_image, Plan FROM USER WHERE Email = %s""", [email])

        fetched = c.fetchone()

        img_dir = "user_profile_pics/"
        img_path = fetched['Profile_image']

        string_img = None

        if img_path != None and os.path.isfile(img_dir + img_path):
            with open(img_dir + img_path, "rb") as image_file:
                string_img = base64.b64encode(image_file.read()).decode()


        fetched['Profile_image'] = string_img

        c.close()
        conn.close()

        return jsonify(fetched)


    except Exception as e:
        return str(e)