Contract Testing using Pact

[akshay-nm]

I am trying to setup contract tests for my react application.
For this I'm trying to send api calls using the enpoint.initiate() way. After that, I test the action.
I have the pact mock ready. It simulates the backend.
I also have the test code ready.
First time it ran, it failed saying I need to pass a custom fetchFn for SSR.

I've tried importing isomorphic-fetch, node-fetch, cross-fetch in my setup file for jest.
But now it either says Only absolute URLs supported or ERRCONNREFUSED: 127.0.0.1:80.

I don't know why it's trying to reach port 80. I have the app configured to hit port 7000 for API.
The applications works when I run it in the browser and hits the API.

I don't know what I am missing here. Any suggestions?

More on pact: https://docs.pact.io/

I thought setting tests would be fun and easy. Why is it so difficult to send HTTP requests in jest tests? 😭

[phryneas]

Well, are you using an absolute baseUrl, so something that starts with http:// or https://?

[akshay-nm]

Yes, I am using http://localhost:7000.
But it was specified in .env.local, which is ignored by jest (create-react-app). Creating a copy named .env.test.local fixed it!
facebook/create-react-app#5325 (comment)

Thank you @phryneas for pointing me in the right direction.
I guess all I needed was a good night's sleep and a new perspective. 😅