What is Pact?
It is a code-first tool for testing HTTP and message integrations using contract tests. Contract tests assert that inter-application messages conform to a shared understanding that is documented in a contract. Without contract testing, the only way to ensure that applications will work correctly together is by using expensive and brittle integration tests.
Pact is a tool in the Microservices Tools category of a tech stack.
Pact is an open source tool with 218 GitHub stars and 94 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Pact's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Pact?
Companies
15 companies reportedly use Pact in their tech stacks, including main, Trendyol Group, and RatePAY GmbH.
Developers
37 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Pact.
Pact Integrations
JavaScript, Python, PHP, Ruby, and Golang are some of the popular tools that integrate with Pact. Here's a list of all 7 tools that integrate with Pact.
Pact's Features
- Support for JavaScript, JVM, .NET, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, Swift and more
- Get fast, reliable feedback on the compatibility of your integrations
- Ensures all your services are compatible with each other before you deploy
Pact Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Pact?
act
Rather than having to commit/push every time you want test out the changes you are making to your .github/workflows/ files (or for any changes to embedded GitHub actions), you can use this tool to run the actions locally. The environment variables and filesystem are all configured to match what GitHub provides.
Postman
It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.
Istio
Istio is an open platform for providing a uniform way to integrate microservices, manage traffic flow across microservices, enforce policies and aggregate telemetry data. Istio's control plane provides an abstraction layer over the underlying cluster management platform, such as Kubernetes, Mesos, etc.
Insomnia REST Client
Insomnia is a powerful REST API Client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux.
OpenAPI
It is a publicly available application programming interface that provides developers with programmatic access to a proprietary software application or web service.
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