How to specify provider name in verify request about pact-go HOT 7 CLOSED

Can I just clarify the use case here. If Client A is one of those clients, does it rely on all four providers?

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Sorry A-D are providers. We have one client that will generate 1 pact per pair for a total of 4 pacts.

Lets call our client "client". It seems the only way of doing it (that I can tell is to use option 1 listed here and provide the specific url. That is:

response = pact.VerifyProvider(types.VerifyRequest{
	ProviderBaseURL:        "http://myproviderhost",
	PactURLs:               []string{"http://broker/pacts/provider/B/consumer/client/latest/TAG_I_WANT_TO_TEST"},		
})

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It would be nice if we could use option 3 from the above link and do this:

response = pact.VerifyProvider(types.VerifyRequest{
    ProviderBaseURL:        "http://myproviderhost",
    BrokerURL:              "http://brokerHost",
    ProviderName: "B",
    Tags:                   []string{"latest", "sit4"},    
})

Becuase without limiting to provider "B" it will pick up the other providers pacts that are also tagged "latest". Does this make sense?

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Nevermind, I'm an idiot. VerifyProvider is a method of Pact which already has the info. ITs not very clear in the docs but thats my bad.
https://github.com/pact-foundation/pact-go/blob/master/dsl/pact.go#L239

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I was just doing a confirmation of this on the test.pact.dius.com.au broker, but glad you worked it out.

If this wasn't clear to you, it probably isn't clear to others either. How should we fix the docs to make it clearer, given that you were just surprised by it I'd like to tap into your brain!

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The code block from provider uses the pact variable which I thought was the package. In the consumer section you walk through creating the pact variable via dsl.pact{} but it was never mentioned in the the provider section to recreate the pact.

If that makes sense. I was just diving into the provider side, writing docs and standards for our team to use when deploying versions and tags. If i was writing the code I probably would have figured it out right away.

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OK yeah I gotcha. I'm looking forward to the day that I can make those code snippets testable!

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