Key Concepts

1. Consumer and Provider:

• • Consumer: The service or client that makes requests to another service.
  • Provider: The service that responds to the consumer's requests.

2. Contract:

• • A contract is an agreement between the consumer and provider that outlines the expected interactions. It includes details like request and response formats.

3. Pacts:

• • Pacts are the specific agreements (contracts) created by the consumer tests and verified by the provider.