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Ok I see there exists a fork that it is compatibilized: <https://github.com/matthewshirley/pact_consumer_dart> would be awesome if anybody around here can help me setting it up because can't make it work.

Hey <@U0333NWK3AA>,

I responded to your email, but just cross posting here as well.

I should archive that repository because I never got it working for me. I recommend you use <https://github.com/matthewshirley/pact_dart|pact_dart> which is maintained by me.

Could you let me know if that library works for you?

Hello <@U028U0SHWFR>, are you still developing the pact_dart library?

Hey <@U03NWTMPJ4A> :wave:

I am but it has been a while since I have made a release. I pushed some commits to `main` last week to upgrade it to the latest `pact_ffi` release, and am updating the mismatch error handling so its more usable. There is also a pull request to add support for message pacts that I need to review.

Hopefully a new release this or next week.

Cool! We are currently reviewing pact to be used in our system. If accepted by the company we will use your library and help with the development if necessary

Sounds good, <@U03NWTMPJ4A>. Let me know if there is any outstanding features that is needed for the adoption. I have used it at my current company for the past year with great success.

&gt; Successfully uploaded <https://pub.dev/packages/pact_dart> version 0.6.0.
I’ve pushed a new version of `pact_dart` to `pub`. This release requires everyone to use PactFFI v0.3.x. The library can be updated by running the install command again:
`dart pub run pact_dart:install`

A key change with this update was to improve messaging when an interaction was unable to be verified:
```Pact was unable to validate one or more interaction(s):

Interaction Mismatch #1
        Reason:
                Request was not matched (GET /alligators)

        Expected:
                - Expected query parameter 'nice' but was missing
                - Expected query parameter 'hungry' but was missing

Interaction Mismatch #2
        Reason:
                Request was unexpected

        Actual:
                GET /croc

Interaction Mismatch #3
        Reason:
                Request was missing

        Expected:
                GET /alligator ```
The next release is going to add support for message pacts.

Awesome!

I was not aware this project was moving forward as it has - great stuff!

How can we help evolve the functionality of this?

e.g Creation of a maintainer guide - “how to build a language”?

Thank you! I noticed that a few people starred the project in the last month which gave me motivation to give the package some attention. I don’t want people installing out of date dependencies. :sweat_smile:

&gt; How can we help evolve the functionality of this?
Great question — a maintainer guide could be useful for listing references and prior art on how things should work.

I do learn better by looking at examples, both `pact-go` or `pact-swift` are great references if I’m ever unsure on something. This may not be true for other contributors who need more background, though.

A set of standard tests that should be implemented to prove the feature is “ready” and any nuisances are addressed would be nice. I sometimes wonder if I have forgotten something…

cc: <@UELMFD9PG> :point_right: <https://pact-foundation.slack.com/archives/C0143ESUDB2/p1668017564841839> (this is a scheduled post to remind me/us) <@U9UUY3CU9>