How to include custom error payload in hapi Boom

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Hapi.js, commonly referred to as Hapi, is an open-source, back-end web application framework for building and deploying web applications and APIs in Node.js

In Hapi.js, you can use the Boom module to create and return error responses in a standardized way. Boom provides a set of functions to generate HTTP error objects with consistent properties, making it easier to handle errors and communicate them to clients

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Errors can be customized by changing their output content. The boom error object includes the following properties:

const error = Boom.badRequest('Cannot feed after midnight');
error.output.statusCode = 499;    // Assign a custom error code
error.reformat();
error.output.payload.custom = 'abc_123'; // Add custom key
throw error;