npm-pact-binaries is a library containing the Pact binaries, hosted here, so they can be used as an alternative for whom can't have access to github to download them during the pact-node post-install script. (Usually companies with a strict proxy or firewall).
The code hosted in Gihub is an aggregator of node scripts, which check daily if there are new releases of the binaries, and creates a package, hosted in NPM, with those binaries.
The package published in NPM is just the package.json of the dist folder, plus all the binaries of a version.
When a new version of the Pact binaries are released, a new version of this package will be released too, with the same version of the binaries.
Add this config to your package.json, so pact-node get the binaries from the package instead of Github. (Official information)
"config": {
"pact_binary_location": "node_modules/npm-pact-binaries"
},Add the npm-pact-binaries to your devDependencies.
npm install -save-dev npm-pact-binariesNow you can install pact-node without access to Github.
This project runs a travis cron daily, in this url.
When a new update is available, the pipeline generates a new version and automagically publish it to the NPM registry.
If it doesn't found a new version, the pipeline fails to avoid the publish script, so don't worry if you see failing jobs :)
To all the PACT team, for creating this awesome tool! All credits belong to them.