fastmcp/docs/python-sdk/fastmcp-server-context.mdx
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title: context
sidebarTitle: context
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# `fastmcp.server.context`
## Functions
### `set_context` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L50" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
set_context(context: Context) -> Generator[Context, None, None]
```
## Classes
### `Context` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L59" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
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` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L116" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
request_context(self) -> RequestContext
```
Access to the underlying request context.
If called outside of a request context, this will raise a ValueError.
#### `report_progress` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L126" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
report_progress(self, progress: float, total: float | None = None, message: str | None = None) -> None
```
Report progress for the current operation.
**Args:**
- `progress`: Current progress value e.g. 24
- `total`: Optional total value e.g. 100
#### `read_resource` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L153" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
read_resource(self, uri: str | AnyUrl) -> list[ReadResourceContents]
```
Read a resource by URI.
**Args:**
- `uri`: Resource URI to read
**Returns:**
- The resource content as either text or bytes
#### `log` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L165" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
log(self, message: str, level: LoggingLevel | None = None, logger_name: str | None = None) -> None
```
Send a log message to the client.
**Args:**
- `message`: Log message
- `level`: Optional log level. One of "debug", "info", "notice", "warning", "error", "critical",
"alert", or "emergency". Default is "info".
- `logger_name`: Optional logger name
#### `client_id` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L189" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
client_id(self) -> str | None
```
Get the client ID if available.
#### `request_id` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L198" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
request_id(self) -> str
```
Get the unique ID for this request.
#### `session_id` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L203" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```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` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L234" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
session(self) -> ServerSession
```
Access to the underlying session for advanced usage.
#### `debug` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L239" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
debug(self, message: str, logger_name: str | None = None) -> None
```
Send a debug log message.
#### `info` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L243" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
info(self, message: str, logger_name: str | None = None) -> None
```
Send an info log message.
#### `warning` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L247" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
warning(self, message: str, logger_name: str | None = None) -> None
```
Send a warning log message.
#### `error` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L251" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
error(self, message: str, logger_name: str | None = None) -> None
```
Send an error log message.
#### `list_roots` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L255" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
list_roots(self) -> list[Root]
```
List the roots available to the server, as indicated by the client.
#### `send_tool_list_changed` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L260" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
send_tool_list_changed(self) -> None
```
Send a tool list changed notification to the client.
#### `send_resource_list_changed` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L264" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
send_resource_list_changed(self) -> None
```
Send a resource list changed notification to the client.
#### `send_prompt_list_changed` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L268" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
send_prompt_list_changed(self) -> None
```
Send a prompt list changed notification to the client.
#### `sample` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L272" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
sample(self, messages: str | list[str | SamplingMessage], system_prompt: str | None = None, include_context: IncludeContext | None = None, temperature: float | None = None, max_tokens: int | None = None, model_preferences: ModelPreferences | str | list[str] | None = None) -> ContentBlock
```
Send a sampling request to the client and await the response.
Call this method at any time to have the server request an LLM
completion from the client. The client must be appropriately configured,
or the request will error.
#### `elicit` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L319" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
elicit(self, message: str, response_type: None) -> AcceptedElicitation[dict[str, Any]] | DeclinedElicitation | CancelledElicitation
```
#### `elicit` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L331" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
elicit(self, message: str, response_type: type[T]) -> AcceptedElicitation[T] | DeclinedElicitation | CancelledElicitation
```
#### `elicit` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L341" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
elicit(self, message: str, response_type: list[str]) -> AcceptedElicitation[str] | DeclinedElicitation | CancelledElicitation
```
#### `elicit` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L350" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
elicit(self, message: str, response_type: type[T] | list[str] | None = None) -> AcceptedElicitation[T] | AcceptedElicitation[dict[str, Any]] | AcceptedElicitation[str] | DeclinedElicitation | CancelledElicitation
```
Send an elicitation request to the client and await the response.
Call this method at any time to request additional information from
the user through the client. The client must support elicitation,
or the request will error.
Note that the MCP protocol only supports simple object schemas with
primitive types. You can provide a dataclass, TypedDict, or BaseModel to
comply. If you provide a primitive type, an object schema with a single
"value" field will be generated for the MCP interaction and
automatically deconstructed into the primitive type upon response.
If the response_type is None, the generated schema will be that of an
empty object in order to comply with the MCP protocol requirements.
Clients must send an empty object ("{}")in response.
**Args:**
- `message`: A human-readable message explaining what information is needed
- `response_type`: The type of the response, which should be a primitive
type or dataclass or BaseModel. If it is a primitive type, an
object schema with a single "value" field will be generated.
#### `get_http_request` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L443" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>
```python
get_http_request(self) -> Request
```
Get the active starlette request.