Hi there :slightly_smiling_face: Recently I found...
# pactflow-ama
m
Hi there 🙂 Recently I found the
bidirectional
testing option in your framework. I have a question - what is the difference: • using PactFlow bidirectional idea (verify vs OAS schema) • creating mocks based on client with models generated from OAS From my understanding, the only difference is that having bidirectional option with whole Pact tooling gives us ability to find consumers of specific OAS (from producer perspective). Am I missing something?
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m
well, that’s a big benefit. You still get: 1. Visibility of the subset of surface area (APIs/data) your consumers use (endpoints, fields etc.) 2. Coordination - which versions of your consumers/providers are compatible at which point in time 3. Breaking change detection You then of course get the remaining OAS benefits (code gen etc.) Does that help? Perhaps you could go into a bit more detail about your needs/use case?