hey folks, congrats first of all for the great wor...
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Michele Orsi
09/22/2023, 2:45 PMhey folks, congrats first of all for the great work you're doing with Pact! I am new to contract testing and pact and I have a question: what's the right tool to use if I want to bring by pact files and spin up a docker container and mocks out a provider?
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Michele Orsi
09/22/2023, 2:45 PMI think this is it: https://github.com/pact-foundation/pact-mock_service
Michele Orsi
09/22/2023, 2:45 PMis there something for gRPC as well?
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Matt (pactflow.io / pact-js / pact-go)
09/24/2023, 11:24 PM
So if I understand correctly, you want to take a pact file and then run a stub service from the contracts - correct?
Matt (pactflow.io / pact-js / pact-go)
09/24/2023, 11:24 PM
If so, you want this: https://github.com/pact-foundation/pact-stub-server
Matt (pactflow.io / pact-js / pact-go)
09/24/2023, 11:25 PM
(the mock server is stateful, and is used for mocks not stubs
Matt (pactflow.io / pact-js / pact-go)
09/24/2023, 11:25 PM
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Michele Orsi
09/25/2023, 9:18 AMYES! this is it!!! thanks so much!!! sorry I think I'll take the chance to review as well the difference between mocks and stubs 😉
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Matt (pactflow.io / pact-js / pact-go)
09/25/2023, 10:59 AM
No worries 🙂
Matt (pactflow.io / pact-js / pact-go)
09/25/2023, 10:59 AM
TL;DR - mocks are things you use to validate behaviour, stubs do not
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Michele Orsi
09/25/2023, 11:01 AMgotcha! thanks!
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