diff --git a/homepage/participo/.vscode/sftp.json b/homepage/participo/.vscode/sftp.json
index 447647d..39cd462 100644
--- a/homepage/participo/.vscode/sftp.json
+++ b/homepage/participo/.vscode/sftp.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "remotePath": "/www/participo",
     "ignore": [
         ".vscode",
-        "*.py"
+        "*.py",
+        "*.config.yaml"
     ],
     "uploadOnSave": true
 }
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diff --git a/homepage/participo/api/users.php b/homepage/participo/api/users.php
index ffeb110..c30f7af 100644
--- a/homepage/participo/api/users.php
+++ b/homepage/participo/api/users.php
@@ -39,15 +39,23 @@ $wkSqlQuery = "SELECT DISTINCT"
 
 $wkSqlResponse = dbConnector::query($wkSqlQuery);
 
+// Postprocessing
+// - convert the comma separated list into an array
 foreach( $wkSqlResponse as &$user){
     $user['eMail'] = explode(",", $user['eMail']);
+    foreach( $user['eMail'] as &$email){
+        $email = trim($email);
+    }
 }
 
-header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers: *');
-header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');
-
+// Sending Response
+// - setting header
+header('Content-Type: application/json');
+// - sending body payload
 echo(
     json_encode($wkSqlResponse)
-    // json_encode(getallheaders())
-    // json_encode($_SERVER)
 );
+
+// @todo Should not be necessary. But until the problem with the timeout time of the requesting client is solved, this explicit exit() stands!
+exit(0);
+?>
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diff --git a/homepage/participo/testApi.py b/homepage/participo/testApi.py
index 5ef39d2..b84fa23 100755
--- a/homepage/participo/testApi.py
+++ b/homepage/participo/testApi.py
@@ -3,32 +3,54 @@
 from http import client
 import logging
 import json
-import yaml
 
-host="cwsvjudo.bplaced.net"
 
-with open("testApi.config.yaml", "r") as f:
-    config = yaml.load(f)
+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
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 
-connection = client.HTTPConnection(host=host, port=80, timeout=1)
-connection.request(
-    method="GET",
-    url="/participo/api/users",
-    headers={
-        "Authorization": f"Basic {config['apiKey']}"
-    }
-)
-response = connection.getresponse()
+class apiCall:
+    @staticmethod
+    def call(
+        host: str,
+        url: str,
+        headers: dict = None
+    ) -> dict:
+        import requests
 
-print("Status: {} and reason: {}".format(response.status, response.reason))
+        r = requests.get(
+            url=f"http://{host}/{url}",
+            # @todo The client always awaits this timeout. Even when the meaningful body is already received.params=
+            # - I don't see any of the examples out there do it different from me.
+            # - The browser doesn't seem to have this problem.
+            timeout=10,
+            headers=headers
+        )
 
-body = response.read()
-try:
-    print(json.dumps(json.loads(body),indent=2))
-except:
-    print(f"failed to parse to json")
-    print(body)
+        try:
+            return r.json()
+        except:
+            logging.error(f"failed to parse json: {r.text}")
 
-connection.close()
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    config = init()
+
+    response = apiCall.call(
+        host=config["host"],
+        url="participo/api/users",
+        # url = "participo/api",
+        headers={
+            "Authorization": f"Basic {config['apiKey']}"
+        }
+    )
+
+    try:
+        logging.info(json.dumps(response,indent=2))
+    except:
+        logging.error(f"failed to parse to json:")
+        logging.error(response)
diff --git a/homepage/participo/wk.api.php b/homepage/participo/wk.api.php
index 3afe702..bee2c7b 100644
--- a/homepage/participo/wk.api.php
+++ b/homepage/participo/wk.api.php
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers: *');
 header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');
 
 echo(json_encode($wkSqlResponse));
+?>
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