diff --git a/homepage/participo/api/index.php b/homepage/participo/api/index.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8559627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homepage/participo/api/index.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+ <?php
+header('Content-Type: application/json');
+
+// $endpoint = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
+
+// switch ($endpoint){
+//     case '/':
+//         echo json_encode([
+//             'message' => 'Welcome to the API'
+//         ]);
+//         break;
+// }
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/homepage/participo/api/shiai.php b/homepage/participo/api/shiai.php
index aa1a4aa..e024153 100644
--- a/homepage/participo/api/shiai.php
+++ b/homepage/participo/api/shiai.php
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ require_once("participoLib/shiai.php");
 //   - we send a json-formatted response
 header("Content-Type: application/json");
 // - sending body payload
-echo json_encode(
-	Shiai::dbSelect()
+echo(
+	json_encode(
+		Shiai::dbSelect()
+	)
 );
 ?>
diff --git a/homepage/participo/testApi.py b/homepage/participo/testApi.py
index b84fa23..0880793 100755
--- a/homepage/participo/testApi.py
+++ b/homepage/participo/testApi.py
@@ -5,14 +5,60 @@ import logging
 import json
 
 
-def init():
-    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
-    with open("testApi.config.yaml", "r") as f:
-        from yaml import safe_load
-        config = safe_load(f)
-    
-    return config
+class TestApi:
+    @staticmethod    
+    def __parse_arguments():
+        import argparse
 
+        argParser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+            "testApi"
+        )
+
+        argParser.add_argument("--endpoint",
+            default="shiai"
+        )
+        argParser.add_argument("--host",
+            default="cwsvjudo.bplaced.net"
+        )
+        argParser.add_argument("--path",
+            default="participo/api"
+        )
+        argParser.add_argument("--key",
+            default=None
+        )
+        argParser.add_argument("--configFile",
+            type=argparse.FileType('r'),
+            default="testApi.config.yaml"
+        )     
+        _LOG_LEVEL = ["CRITICAL", "ERROR", "WARNING", "INFO", "DEBUG"]
+        argParser.add_argument("--logLevel",
+            choices=_LOG_LEVEL,
+            default="WARNING"
+        )
+
+        return argParser.parse_args()
+    
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.config = self.__parse_arguments()
+        self.config.logLevel = getattr(logging, self.config.logLevel)
+        logging.basicConfig(level=self.config.logLevel)
+
+        with self.config.configFile as cf:
+            from yaml import safe_load
+            configData = safe_load(cf)
+        
+        # @todo: add the attributes from the config file to the config (if not already set)
+        if not self.config.key and 'apiKey' in configData:
+            self.config.key = configData['apiKey']
+
+    def apiCall(self):
+        return apiCall.call(
+            host=self.config.host,
+            url="/".join([self.config.path, self.config.endpoint]),
+            headers={
+                "Authorization": f"Basic {self.config.key}"
+            }
+        )
 
 class apiCall:
     @staticmethod
@@ -37,20 +83,19 @@ class apiCall:
         except:
             logging.error(f"failed to parse json: {r.text}")
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    config = init()
 
-    response = apiCall.call(
-        host=config["host"],
-        url="participo/api/users",
-        # url = "participo/api",
-        headers={
-            "Authorization": f"Basic {config['apiKey']}"
-        }
-    )
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    testApi = TestApi()
+
+    response = testApi.apiCall()
 
     try:
-        logging.info(json.dumps(response,indent=2))
+        print(
+            json.dumps(
+                response,
+                indent=2
+            )
+        )
     except:
-        logging.error(f"failed to parse to json:")
+        logging.error("failed to parse to json:")
         logging.error(response)