How do I get enum string values in my contract?

[onno-amsterdam]

Hi guys, love the tool but can use some help.

I've been trying to create a contract with enum values, I get number but I want the string value as my provider returns strings. How can I make sure the contract will contain "gender" : "Male" instead of "gender": 0? Below is a simplified example, however the class I'm using has many many enums.

using IPactBuilderV4;

Let's say I have this object:

public class Person {
   public Gender Gender {get; set;}
}

public enum Gender {
   [Display(Name = "Male")]
   Male
}

And this is my consumer contract code (simplified snippet):

var person = new Person()
{
    Gender = Gender.Male,
};

this.pact
    .UponReceiving("a for a person")
        .Given("a person exists in database")
        .WithRequest(HttpMethod.Get, $"/person")
    .WillRespond()
        .WithStatus(HttpStatusCode.OK)
        .WithJsonBody(Match.Type(person);

I get this contract (snippet)

...
"response": {
        "body": {
          "content": {
            "gender": 0
          },
          "contentType": "application/json",
          "encoded": false
        },
...

[adamrodger]

You would add the JsonStringEnumConverter to your serialiser settings to control whether enums are serialised as strings or numbers

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.text.json.serialization.jsonstringenumconverter?view=net-8.0