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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.

Background. A resource URI is obtained from the resources array returned by ListResources. Not all MCP servers expose resources.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var 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) {
        console.log(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.
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    success = mcp.ReadResource("file:///example/resource.txt",json);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(mcp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

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

}

chilkatExample();