Read a Resource from an MCP Server

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Demonstrates Mcp.ReadResource, which calls the MCP resources/read method for a resource identified by URI and places the contents into a JsonObject.

Tip: Code to parse the returned JSON can be generated with Chilkat's online tool at https://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse.

import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

mcp = chilkat2.Mcp()

# Connect to a public MCP (Model Context Protocol) server over its Streamable HTTP endpoint.  The
# Microsoft Learn MCP server is public and requires no authentication.
success = mcp.Connect("https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp")
if (success == False):
    print(mcp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Read a specific resource by its URI.  A resource URI is obtained from the "resources" array
# returned by ListResources.  The resource contents are placed in the JsonObject.
json = chilkat2.JsonObject()
success = mcp.ReadResource("file:///example/resource.txt",json)
if (success == False):
    print(mcp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

json.EmitCompact = False
print(json.Emit())
# JSON parsing code for this result can be generated at Chilkat's online tool:
# https://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse