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+const assert = require('../support/assert');
+const TestClient = require('../support/test-client');
+
+describe('error middleware', function () {
+    it('should returns a errors header', function (done) {
+        const mapConfig = {
+            version: '1.6.0',
+            layers: [{
+                type: 'mapnik',
+                options: {}
+            }]
+        };
+
+        const errorHeader = {
+            mainError: {
+                statusCode: 400,
+                message: "Missing cartocss for layer 0 options",
+                name: "Error",
+                label: "ANONYMOUS LAYERGROUP",
+                type: "layer", 
+            },
+            moreErrors: []
+        };
+
+        this.testClient = new TestClient(mapConfig, 1234);
+        
+        const expectedResponse = {
+            status: 400,
+            headers: {
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
+                'X-Tiler-Errors': JSON.stringify(errorHeader)
+            }
+        };
+
+        this.testClient.getLayergroup(expectedResponse, (err) => {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+});
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