Making a test API

TestAPI.php

<?php
require_once './API.class.php';
class MyAPI extends API
{
    protected $User;

    public function __construct($request, $origin) {
        parent::__construct($request);

        // Abstracted out for example
        $APIKey = 'apiKey';
        $User = 'anowar';

        if (!array_key_exists('apiKey', $this->request)) {
            throw new Exception('No API Key provided');
        } else if (!$APIKey == $this->request['apiKey']) {
            throw new Exception('Invalid API Key');
        } else if (array_key_exists('token', $this->request) &&
             !$User->get('token', $this->request['token'])) {
            throw new Exception('Invalid User Token');
        }

        $this->User = $User;
    }

    /**
     * Example of an Endpoint
     */
     protected function example() {
        if ($this->method == 'GET') {
            return "Your name is " . $this->User->name;
        } else {
            return "Only accepts GET requests";
        }
     }
 }
 
 // Requests from the same server don't have a HTTP_ORIGIN header
//if (!array_key_exists('HTTP_ORIGIN', $_SERVER)) {
//    $_SERVER['HTTP_ORIGIN'] = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
//}
//echo json_encode($_POST);
try {
    $API = new MyAPI('apiKey/apiKey', $_REQUEST);
    echo $API->processAPI();
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo json_encode(Array('error' => $e->getMessage()));
}