Maven plugin for verifying pacts against a provider.
The Maven plugin provides a verify
goal which will verify all configured pacts against your provider.
<build>
[...]
<plugins>
[...]
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
</plugin>
[...]
</plugins>
[...]
</build>
You define all the providers and consumers within the configuration element of the maven plugin.
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<!-- You can define as many as you need, but each must have a unique name -->
<serviceProvider>
<name>provider1</name>
<!-- All the provider properties are optional, and have sensible defaults (shown below) -->
<protocol>http</protocol>
<host>localhost</host>
<port>8080</port>
<path>/</path>
<consumers>
<!-- Again, you can define as many consumers for each provider as you need, but each must have a unique name -->
<consumer>
<name>consumer1</name>
<!-- currently supports a file path using pactFile or a URL using pactUrl -->
<pactFile>path/to/provider1-consumer1-pact.json</pactFile>
</consumer>
</consumers>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
</configuration>
</plugin>
You will have to have your provider running for this to pass.
You can specify a directory that contains pact files, and the Pact plugin will scan for all pact files that match that provider and define a consumer for each pact file in the directory. Consumer name is read from contents of pact file.
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<!-- You can define as many as you need, but each must have a unique name -->
<serviceProvider>
<name>provider1</name>
<!-- All the provider properties are optional, and have sensible defaults (shown below) -->
<protocol>http</protocol>
<host>localhost</host>
<port>8080</port>
<path>/</path>
<pactFileDirectory>path/to/pacts</pactFileDirectory>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
</configuration>
</plugin>
For providers that are running on SSL with self-signed certificates, you need to enable insecure SSL mode by setting
<insecure>true</insecure>
on the provider.
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<serviceProvider>
<name>provider1</name>
<pactFileDirectory>path/to/pacts</pactFileDirectory>
<insecure>true</insecure>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
</configuration>
</plugin>
For environments that are running their own certificate chains:
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<serviceProvider>
<name>provider1</name>
<pactFileDirectory>path/to/pacts</pactFileDirectory>
<trustStore>relative/path/to/trustStore.jks</trustStore>
<trustStorePassword>changeit</trustStorePassword>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
</configuration>
</plugin>
trustStore
is either relative to the current working (build) directory. trustStorePassword
defaults to changeit
.
NOTE: The hostname will still be verified against the certificate.
Sometimes you may need to add things to the requests that can't be persisted in a pact file. Examples of these would
be authentication tokens, which have a small life span. The Pact Maven plugin provides a request filter that can be
set to a Groovy script on the provider that will be called before the request is made. This script will receive the HttpRequest
bound to a variable named request
prior to it being executed.
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<serviceProvider>
<name>provider1</name>
<requestFilter>
// This is a Groovy script that adds an Authorization header to each request
request.addHeader('Authorization', 'oauth-token eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsIm...')
</requestFilter>
<consumers>
<consumer>
<name>consumer1</name>
<pactFile>path/to/provider1-consumer1-pact.json</pactFile>
</consumer>
</consumers>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
</configuration>
</plugin>
Important Note: You should only use this feature for things that can not be persisted in the pact file. By modifying the request, you are potentially modifying the contract from the consumer tests!
The default HTTP client is used for all requests to providers (created with a call to HttpClients.createDefault()
).
This can be changed by specifying a closure assigned to createClient on the provider that returns a CloseableHttpClient.
For example:
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<serviceProvider>
<name>provider1</name>
<createClient>
// This is a Groovy script that will enable the client to accept self-signed certificates
import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContextBuilder
import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients
HttpClients.custom().setSSLHostnameVerifier(new NoopHostnameVerifier())
.setSslcontext(new SSLContextBuilder().loadTrustMaterial(null, { x509Certificates, s -> true })
.build())
.build()
</createClient>
<consumers>
<consumer>
<name>consumer1</name>
<pactFile>path/to/provider1-consumer1-pact.json</pactFile>
</consumer>
</consumers>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
</configuration>
</plugin>
By default the paths loaded from the pact file will be decoded before the request is sent to the provider. To turn this
behaviour off, set the system property pact.verifier.disableUrlPathDecoding
to true
.
Important Note: If you turn off the url path decoding, you need to ensure that the paths in the pact files are correctly encoded. The verifier will not be able to make a request with an invalid encoded path.
The following plugin properties can be specified with -Dproperty=value
on the command line or in the configuration section:
Property | Description |
---|---|
pact.showStacktrace | This turns on stacktrace printing for each request. It can help with diagnosing network errors |
pact.showFullDiff | This turns on displaying the full diff of the expected versus actual bodies |
pact.filter.consumers | Comma seperated list of consumer names to verify |
pact.filter.description | Only verify interactions whose description match the provided regular expression |
pact.filter.providerState | Only verify interactions whose provider state match the provided regular expression. An empty string matches interactions that have no state |
pact.verifier.publishResults | Publishing of verification results will be skipped if this property is set to false [version 3.5.7+] |
Example in the configuration section:
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<serviceProvider>
<name>provider1</name>
<consumers>
<consumer>
<name>consumer1</name>
<pactFile>path/to/provider1-consumer1-pact.json</pactFile>
</consumer>
</consumers>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
<configuration>
<pact.showStacktrace>true</pact.showStacktrace>
</configuration>
</configuration>
</plugin>
For each provider you can specify a state change URL to use to switch the state of the provider. This URL will receive the providerState description and parameters from the pact file before each interaction via a POST. The stateChangeUsesBody controls if the state is passed in the request body or as query parameters.
These values can be set at the provider level, or for a specific consumer. Consumer values take precedent if both are given.
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<serviceProvider>
<name>provider1</name>
<stateChangeUrl>http://localhost:8080/tasks/pactStateChange</stateChangeUrl>
<stateChangeUsesBody>false</stateChangeUsesBody> <!-- defaults to true -->
<consumers>
<consumer>
<name>consumer1</name>
<pactFile>path/to/provider1-consumer1-pact.json</pactFile>
<stateChangeUrl>http://localhost:8080/tasks/pactStateChangeForConsumer1</stateChangeUrl>
<stateChangeUsesBody>false</stateChangeUsesBody> <!-- defaults to true -->
</consumer>
</consumers>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
</configuration>
</plugin>
If the stateChangeUsesBody
is not specified, or is set to true, then the provider state description and parameters will be sent as
JSON in the body of the request. If it is set to false, they will passed as query parameters.
As for normal requests (see Modifying the requests before they are sent), a state change request can be modified before
it is sent. Set stateChangeRequestFilter
to a Groovy script on the provider that will be called before the request is made.
You can enable teardown state change calls by setting the property <stateChangeTeardown>true</stateChangeTeardown>
on the provider. This
will add an action
parameter to the state change call. The setup call before the test will receive action=setup
, and
then a teardown call will be made afterwards to the state change URL with action=teardown
.
You can setup your build to validate against the pacts stored in a pact broker. The pact plugin will query
the pact broker for all consumers that have a pact with the provider based on its name. To use it, just configure the
pactBrokerUrl
or pactBroker
value for the provider with the base URL to the pact broker.
For example:
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<serviceProvider>
<name>provider1</name>
<stateChangeUrl>http://localhost:8080/tasks/pactStateChange</stateChangeUrl>
<pactBrokerUrl>http://pact-broker:5000/</pactBrokerUrl>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
</configuration>
</plugin>
If your pact broker requires authentication (basic authentication is only supported), you can configure the username
and password to use by configuring the authentication
element of the pactBroker
element of your provider.
For example:
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<serviceProvider>
<name>provider1</name>
<stateChangeUrl>http://localhost:8080/tasks/pactStateChange</stateChangeUrl>
<pactBroker>
<url>http://pactbroker:1234</url>
<authentication>
<username>test</username>
<password>test</password>
</authentication>
</pactBroker>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
</configuration>
</plugin>
From version 3.5.6, you can use the servers setup in the Maven settings. To do this, setup a server as per the Maven Server Settings. Then set the server ID in the pact broker configuration in your POM.
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.6</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<serviceProvider>
<name>provider1</name>
<stateChangeUrl>http://localhost:8080/tasks/pactStateChange</stateChangeUrl>
<pactBroker>
<url>http://pactbroker:1234</url>
<serverId>test-pact-broker</serverId> <!-- This must match the server id in the maven settings -->
</pactBroker>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
</configuration>
</plugin>
If your pacts in your pact broker have been tagged, you can set the tags to fetch by configuring the tags
element of the pactBroker
element of your provider.
For example:
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<serviceProvider>
<name>provider1</name>
<stateChangeUrl>http://localhost:8080/tasks/pactStateChange</stateChangeUrl>
<pactBroker>
<url>http://pactbroker:1234</url>
<tags>
<tag>TEST</tag>
<tag>DEV</tag>
</tags>
</pactBroker>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
</configuration>
</plugin>
This example will fetch and validate the pacts for the TEST and DEV tags.
You can filter the interactions that are run using three properties: pact.filter.consumers
, pact.filter.description
and pact.filter.providerState
.
Adding -Dpact.filter.consumers=consumer1,consumer2
to the command line or configuration section will only run the pact files for those
consumers (consumer1 and consumer2). Adding -Dpact.filter.description=a request for payment.*
will only run those interactions
whose descriptions start with 'a request for payment'. -Dpact.filter.providerState=.*payment
will match any interaction that
has a provider state that ends with payment, and -Dpact.filter.providerState=
will match any interaction that does not have a
provider state.
The Maven plugin has been updated to allow invoking test methods that can return the message contents from a message
producer. To use it, set the way to invoke the verification to ANNOTATED_METHOD
. This will allow the pact verification
task to scan for test methods that return the message contents.
Add something like the following to your maven pom file:
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<serviceProvider>
<name>messageProvider</name>
<verificationType>ANNOTATED_METHOD</verificationType>
<!-- packagesToScan is optional, but leaving it out will result in the entire
test classpath being scanned. Set it to the packages where your annotated test method
can be found. -->
<packagesToScan>
<packageToScan>au.com.example.messageprovider.*</packageToScan>
</packagesToScan>
<consumers>
<consumer>
<name>consumer1</name>
<pactFile>path/to/messageprovider-consumer1-pact.json</pactFile>
</consumer>
</consumers>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
</configuration>
</plugin>
Now when the pact verify task is run, will look for methods annotated with @PactVerifyProvider
in the test classpath
that have a matching description to what is in the pact file.
class ConfirmationKafkaMessageBuilderTest {
@PactVerifyProvider('an order confirmation message')
String verifyMessageForOrder() {
Order order = new Order()
order.setId(10000004)
order.setExchange('ASX')
order.setSecurityCode('CBA')
order.setPrice(BigDecimal.TEN)
order.setUnits(15)
order.setGst(new BigDecimal('15.0'))
odrer.setFees(BigDecimal.TEN)
def message = new ConfirmationKafkaMessageBuilder()
.withOrder(order)
.build()
JsonOutput.toJson(message)
}
}
It will then validate that the returned contents matches the contents for the message in the pact file.
By default, the test classpath is scanned for annotated methods. You can override this by setting
the classpathElements
property:
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<serviceProviders>
<serviceProvider>
<name>messageProvider</name>
<verificationType>ANNOTATED_METHOD</verificationType>
<consumers>
<consumer>
<name>consumer1</name>
<pactFile>path/to/messageprovider-consumer1-pact.json</pactFile>
</consumer>
</consumers>
</serviceProvider>
</serviceProviders>
<classpathElements>
<classpathElement>
build/classes/test
</classpathElement>
</classpathElements>
</configuration>
</plugin>
The pact maven plugin provides a publish
mojo that can publish all pact files in a directory
to a pact broker. To use it, you need to add a publish configuration to the POM that defines the
directory where the pact files are and the URL to the pact broker.
For example:
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<pactDirectory>path/to/pact/files</pactDirectory> <!-- Defaults to ${project.build.directory}/pacts -->
<pactBrokerUrl>http://pactbroker:1234</pactBrokerUrl>
<projectVersion>1.0.100</projectVersion> <!-- Defaults to ${project.version} -->
<trimSnapshot>true</trimSnapshot> <!-- Defaults to false -->
</configuration>
</plugin>
You can now execute mvn pact:publish
to publish the pact files.
NOTE: The pact broker requires a version for all published pacts. The publish
task will use the version of the
project by default, but can be overwritten with the projectVersion
property. Make sure you have set one otherwise the broker will reject the pact files.
NOTE: By default, the pact broker has issues parsing SNAPSHOT
versions. You can configure the publisher to
automatically remove -SNAPSHOT
from your version number by setting trimSnapshot
to true. This setting does not modify non-snapshot versions.
You can set any tags that the pacts should be published with by setting the tags
list property (version 3.5.12+). A common use of this
is setting the tag to the current source control branch. This supports using pact with feature branches.
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.12</version>
<configuration>
<pactDirectory>path/to/pact/files</pactDirectory> <!-- Defaults to ${project.build.directory}/pacts -->
<pactBrokerUrl>http://pactbroker:1234</pactBrokerUrl>
<projectVersion>1.0.100</projectVersion> <!-- Defaults to ${project.version} -->
<tags>
<tag>feature/feature_name</tag>
</tags>
</configuration>
</plugin>
For an authenticated pact broker, you can pass in the credentials with the pactBrokerUsername
and pactBrokerPassword
properties. Currently it only supports basic authentication.
For example:
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.12</artifactId>
<version>3.5.11</version>
<configuration>
<pactBrokerUrl>http://pactbroker:1234</pactBrokerUrl>
<pactBrokerUsername>USERNAME</pactBrokerUsername>
<pactBrokerPassword>PASSWORD</pactBrokerPassword>
</configuration>
</plugin>
From version 3.5.6, you can use the servers setup in the Maven settings. To do this, setup a server as per the Maven Server Settings. Then set the server ID in the pact broker configuration in your POM.
<plugin>
<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-maven_2.11</artifactId>
<version>3.3.9</version>
<configuration>
<pactBrokerUrl>http://pactbroker:1234</pactBrokerUrl>
<pactBrokerServerId>test-pact-broker</pactBrokerServerId> <!-- This must match the server id in the maven settings -->
</configuration>
</plugin>
For pacts that are loaded from a Pact Broker, the results of running the verification will be published back to the broker against the URL for the pact. You will be able to see the result on the Pact Broker home screen.
To turn off the verification publishing when running from your local machine, set the system property pact.verifier.publishResults
to false
.