$app->post('/merchant/:id/employees/', function ($id) use($app) { // check for required params $request = array(); $response = array(); $apiKey = array(); $headers = $app->request->headers->all(); verifyHeaders(array('Key')); // reading request params $apiKey = $headers['Key']; $dataJSON = $headers["Datajson"]; $request['apiKey'] = $apiKey; $request['dataJSON'] = $dataJSON; $request['restaurantID'] = $id; $controller = new ApiController(); // Call controller function $response = $controller->postEmp($request); // echo json response echoRespnse(200, $response); }); $app->delete('/merchant/:id/empdelete/:id2', function ($id, $id2) use($app) { // check for required params $request = array(); $response = array(); $apiKey = array(); // $dataJSON = array(); $headers = $app->request->headers->all(); verifyHeaders(array('Key')); // $phone = $headers["Email"] ; // reading request params $apiKey = $headers['Key']; // echo json_encode($headers);