Test First · Schema

TestFirstContract

A consumer-driven API contract expressing what the consumer expects the API to provide, written before the provider implements it.

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Properties

Name Type Description
id string Unique identifier for the contract.
consumer string Name of the API consumer that authored this contract.
provider string Name of the API provider that must satisfy this contract.
version string Version of the contract.
interactions array List of expected request/response interactions.
metadata object
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JSON Schema

test-first-contract-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/test-first/refs/heads/main/json-schema/test-first-contract-schema.json",
  "title": "TestFirstContract",
  "description": "A consumer-driven API contract expressing what the consumer expects the API to provide, written before the provider implements it.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the contract."
    },
    "consumer": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name of the API consumer that authored this contract."
    },
    "provider": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name of the API provider that must satisfy this contract."
    },
    "version": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Version of the contract."
    },
    "interactions": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/Interaction"
      },
      "description": "List of expected request/response interactions."
    },
    "metadata": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "pact_specification": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Pact specification version used."
        },
        "created": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time",
          "description": "When the contract was created."
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": ["id", "consumer", "provider", "interactions"],
  "$defs": {
    "Interaction": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "description": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Description of the interaction."
        },
        "provider_state": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The state the provider must be in for this interaction."
        },
        "request": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/HttpRequest"
        },
        "response": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/HttpResponse"
        }
      },
      "required": ["description", "request", "response"]
    },
    "HttpRequest": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "method": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE", "HEAD", "OPTIONS"],
          "description": "HTTP method."
        },
        "path": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Request path."
        },
        "headers": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "Request headers."
        },
        "body": {
          "description": "Request body."
        }
      },
      "required": ["method", "path"]
    },
    "HttpResponse": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "status": {
          "type": "integer",
          "minimum": 100,
          "maximum": 599,
          "description": "Expected HTTP status code."
        },
        "headers": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "Expected response headers."
        },
        "body": {
          "description": "Expected response body."
        }
      },
      "required": ["status"]
    }
  }
}