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Lazarus Pascal Requires Chilkat v11.6.0+

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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Lazarus Pascal
program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.JsonObject,
  Chilkat.Mcp;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  mcp: TMcp;
  json: TJsonObject;

begin
  success := False;

  mcp := TMcp.Create;

  //  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) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mcp.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  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 := TJsonObject.Create;
  success := mcp.ReadResource('file:///example/resource.txt',json);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mcp.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

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


  mcp.Free;
  json.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.