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title: context
sidebarTitle: context
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# `fastmcp.server.context`
## Functions
### `set_context`
```python
set_context(context: Context) -> Generator[Context, None, None]
```
## Classes
### `Context`
Context object providing access to MCP capabilities.
This provides a cleaner interface to MCP's RequestContext functionality.
It gets injected into tool and resource functions that request it via type hints.
To use context in a tool function, add a parameter with the Context type annotation:
```python
@server.tool
def my_tool(x: int, ctx: Context) -> str:
# Log messages to the client
ctx.info(f"Processing {x}")
ctx.debug("Debug info")
ctx.warning("Warning message")
ctx.error("Error message")
# Report progress
ctx.report_progress(50, 100, "Processing")
# Access resources
data = ctx.read_resource("resource://data")
# Get request info
request_id = ctx.request_id
client_id = ctx.client_id
return str(x)
```
The context parameter name can be anything as long as it's annotated with Context.
The context is optional - tools that don't need it can omit the parameter.
**Methods:**
#### `request_context`
```python
request_context(self) -> RequestContext
```
Access to the underlying request context.
If called outside of a request context, this will raise a ValueError.
#### `client_id`
```python
client_id(self) -> str | None
```
Get the client ID if available.
#### `request_id`
```python
request_id(self) -> str
```
Get the unique ID for this request.
#### `session_id`
```python
session_id(self) -> str | None
```
Get the MCP session ID for HTTP transports.
Returns the session ID that can be used as a key for session-based
data storage (e.g., Redis) to share data between tool calls within
the same client session.
**Returns:**
- The session ID for HTTP transports (SSE, StreamableHTTP), or None
- for stdio and in-memory transports which don't use session IDs.
#### `session`
```python
session(self)
```
Access to the underlying session for advanced usage.
#### `get_http_request`
```python
get_http_request(self) -> Request
```
Get the active starlette request.