@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # API Testing
 REQRES_BASE_URL=https://reqres.in/api
+REQRES_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
 REQUEST_TIMEOUT=30
 
 # UI Testing
 
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
-from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 REQRES_BASE_URL: str = os.getenv("REQRES_BASE_URL", "https://reqres.in/api")
+REQRES_API_KEY: str = os.getenv("REQRES_API_KEY", "")
 SAUCEDEMO_BASE_URL: str = os.getenv("SAUCEDEMO_URL", "https://www.saucedemo.com")
 DB_PATH: str = os.getenv("DB_PATH", "db/test_results.db")
 REQUEST_TIMEOUT: int = int(os.getenv("REQUEST_TIMEOUT", "30"))
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 import requests
-from config.config import REQRES_BASE_URL, REQUEST_TIMEOUT
+from config.config import REQRES_BASE_URL, REQRES_API_KEY, REQUEST_TIMEOUT
 from db.sqlite_helper import SQLiteHelper
 from config.config import DB_PATH
 
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ def base_url() -> str:
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def http_session(base_url: str) -> requests.Session:
     session = requests.Session()
-    session.headers.update({"Content-Type": "application/json"})
+    session.headers.update({
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        "x-api-key": REQRES_API_KEY,
+    })
     yield session  # type: ignore[misc]
     session.close()