Generated REST api + validation

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Hello,
I need to create REST API that publishes data obtained from another application in form of JSON for example in following form (simplified)

$container['json'] = function($c) {
    //sensorstatus -a
    $sensor = '{"SensorType": "s1", "MessageType": "s1", "AppVersion": "3.3.18+", "HwInfo": "0x100", "Threshold": 50, "Temperature": "25.4", "Humidity": "31.4" }';
    return $sensor;
};

I have some mapping table that contains useful info like whether the value can be written, ranges etc.

$device_d = array(
    "SensorType" =>                 array(R, NULL),
    "AppVersion" =>                 array(R, NULL),
    "HwInfo" =>                     array(R, NULL),
    "Threshold" =>                  array(RW, v::numeric()->positive()->between(1, 100)),
    "Antiflicker" =>                array(R, NULL),
    "Temperature" =>                array(R, NULL),
    "Humidity" =>                   array(R, NULL),
    "Restart" =>                    array(W, NULL),
);

$validators_device = array_filter(array_combine(array_keys($device_d), array_column(array_values($device_d), 1)));

I do not want to have separate route for each key so I use route placeholder and the table helps me to check if the placeholder is valid.

$mw = function ($request, $response, $next) use ($device_d) {
    $key = $request->getAttribute('route')->getArgument('key');

    if (!in_array($key, array_keys($device_d)))
        throw new \Slim\Exception\NotFoundException($request, $response);

    $response = $next($request, $response);

    return $response;
};

$app->group('/device', function (App $app) {
    $this->get('/{key:[a-zA-Z]+}', function (Request $request, Response $response, array $args) {
        $key = $args['key'];

        $json = $this->json;
        $j = json_decode($json, true);
        $response = $response->withJson(json_encode(array($key => $j[$key])));

        return $response;
    });

    $this->post('/{key:[a-zA-Z]+}', function (Request $request, Response $response, array $args) {
        echo var_dump($request->getParams());
        echo var_dump($request->getAttribute('errors'));
    });
})->add($mw)->add(new \DavidePastore\Slim\Validation\Validation($validators_device));

I would like to get some opinions here if this is a suitable way.
I’m also not sure how to use validators correctly here. In fact I need them just for input data (post route) and I need to check only the active key at a time…

best regards
Jan