API Design · Senior · Question 54 of 75

What is consumer-driven contract testing?

1Load testing by consumers
✓Correct answer: Each consumer publishes the interactions it relies on; the provider verifies them in CI before releasing changes
3Consumers write the API implementation

Explanation

Tools like Pact let providers know exactly which changes would break which consumers.

Further reading

OpenAPI Specification ↗

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