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.

bool success = false;

Chilkat.Mcp mcp = new Chilkat.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) {
    Debug.WriteLine(mcp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  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.
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
success = mcp.ReadResource("file:///example/resource.txt",json);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(mcp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

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