Contract Testing

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Pact and similar tools verify API agreements between services. The consumer defines the contract (expected requests/responses), and the provider verifies it can fulfill the contract. Prevents breaking changes in service APIs.

Key Properties

• Consumer-Driven Contracts
• Provider Verification
• API Agreement

Related

• API Testing (integration level)
• Microservices (contract testing between services)

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