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Why Pact may not be the best tool for testing public APIs

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Sharing pacts between consumer and provider
Terminology
The difference between contract tests and functional tests (or How To Do Pacts In a Way That Won't Make You Want To Stab Your Eyes Out)
Troubleshooting
Understanding Request Matching
Using pact where the consumer team is different from the provider team
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Why Pact may not be the best tool for testing pass through APIs
Why Pact may not be the best tool for testing public APIs

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