from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException app = FastAPI() items = {"foo": "The Foo Wrestlers"} @app.get("/items-header/{item_id}") async def read_item_header(item_id: str): if item_id not in items: raise HTTPException( status_code=404, detail="Item not found", headers={"X-Error": "There goes my error"}, ) return {"item": items[item_id]}