Contract Testing Overview — Roadmap Step & Resources
Verifying that a service and its consumers still agree on the shape of the API
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: SDET / Automation Testing
Before this step
Interview questions
- What problem does contract testing solve that regular API testing doesn't, in a microservices setup?
Study resources
- What is Contract Testing? (Article) — A widely-referenced introduction to contract testing with tools like Pact.
- Contract Testing Explained (Video) — A clear explanation of how contract testing verifies API compatibility between services.
Part of
- API Test Automation — section
- SDET / Automation Testing roadmap — the full learning path