Description

TABLE OF CONTENT

Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Purpose of the Document
1.3 Scope

Understanding Pact Testing
2.1 What is Pact Testing?
2.2 Why Pact Testing?
2.3 Key Concepts
2.3.1 Consumer
2.3.2 Provider
2.3.3 Contract
2.4 How Pact Testing Works
2.5 Benefits of Pact Testing

Getting Started
3.1 Prerequisites
3.2 Installation
3.2.1 Consumer Side
3.2.2 Provider Side

Creating Pact Contracts
4.1 Defining Contracts
4.1.1 Request
4.1.2 Response
4.2 Pact File Structure
4.3 Best Practices for Writing Contracts

Running Pact Tests
5.1 Consumer Tests
5.1.1 Setting Up Consumer Tests
5.1.2 Executing Consumer Tests
5.2 Provider Tests
5.2.1 Setting Up Provider Tests
5.2.2 Executing Provider Tests

Verification and Pact Broker
6.1 Verifying Pacts
6.2 Publishing Pacts to Pact Broker
6.3 Consumer Versioning
6.4 Provider Verification

Integrating Pact Testing into CI/CD
7.1 CI/CD Setup
7.2 Automated Pact Verification

Handling Pact Pacticipant Versions
8.1 Managing Changes
8.2 Versioning Strategies