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| # MCP HTTP Example | ||
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| This example demonstrates how to use the Model Context Protocol (MCP) over HTTP using the streamable transport. It includes both a server and client implementation. | ||
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| ## Overview | ||
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| The example implements: | ||
| - A server that provides a `cityTime` tool | ||
| - A client that connects to the server, lists available tools, and calls the `cityTime` tool | ||
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| ## Usage | ||
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| Start the Server | ||
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| ```bash | ||
| go run main.go server | ||
| ``` | ||
| This starts an MCP server on `http://localhost:8080` (default) that provides a `cityTime` tool. | ||
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| To run a client in another terminal: | ||
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| ```bash | ||
| go run main.go client | ||
| ``` | ||
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| The client will: | ||
| 1. Connect to the server | ||
| 2. List available tools | ||
| 3. Call the `cityTime` tool for NYC, San Francisco, and Boston | ||
| 4. Display the results | ||
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| At any given time you can pass a custom URL to the program to run it on a custom host/port: | ||
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| ``` | ||
| go run main.go server http://0.0.0.0:9000 | ||
| ``` | ||
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| ## Testing with real-world MCP Clients | ||
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| Once the server is started, assuming it's the default | ||
| localhost:8080, you can try to add it to a popular MCP client: | ||
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| claude mcp add -t http timezone http://localhost:8080 | ||
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| Once added, Claude Code will be able to discover and use the `cityTime` tool provided by this server. | ||
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| In Claude Code: | ||
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| > what's the timezone | ||
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| ⏺ I'll get the current time in a major US city for you. | ||
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| ⏺ timezone - cityTime (MCP)(city: "nyc") | ||
| ⎿ The current time in New York City is 7:30:16 PM EDT on Wedn | ||
| esday, July 23, 2025 | ||
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| ⏺ The current timezone is EDT (Eastern Daylight Time), and it's | ||
| 7:30 PM on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. | ||
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| > what timezones do you support? | ||
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| ⏺ The timezone tool supports three US cities: | ||
| - NYC (Eastern Time) | ||
| - SF (Pacific Time) | ||
| - Boston (Eastern Time) |
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| // Copyright 2025 The Go MCP SDK Authors. All rights reserved. | ||
| // Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style | ||
| // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. | ||
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| package main | ||
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| import ( | ||
| "log" | ||
| "net/http" | ||
| "time" | ||
| ) | ||
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| // responseWriter wraps http.ResponseWriter to capture the status code. | ||
| type responseWriter struct { | ||
| http.ResponseWriter | ||
| statusCode int | ||
| } | ||
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| func (rw *responseWriter) WriteHeader(code int) { | ||
| rw.statusCode = code | ||
| rw.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(code) | ||
| } | ||
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| func loggingHandler(handler http.Handler) http.Handler { | ||
| return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | ||
| start := time.Now() | ||
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| // Create a response writer wrapper to capture status code. | ||
| wrapped := &responseWriter{ResponseWriter: w, statusCode: http.StatusOK} | ||
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| // Log request details. | ||
| log.Printf("[REQUEST] %s | %s | %s %s", | ||
| start.Format(time.RFC3339), | ||
| r.RemoteAddr, | ||
| r.Method, | ||
| r.URL.Path) | ||
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| // Call the actual handler. | ||
| handler.ServeHTTP(wrapped, r) | ||
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| // Log response details. | ||
| duration := time.Since(start) | ||
| log.Printf("[RESPONSE] %s | %s | %s %s | Status: %d | Duration: %v", | ||
| time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339), | ||
| r.RemoteAddr, | ||
| r.Method, | ||
| r.URL.Path, | ||
| wrapped.statusCode, | ||
| duration) | ||
| }) | ||
| } |
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| // Copyright 2025 The Go MCP SDK Authors. All rights reserved. | ||
| // Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style | ||
| // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. | ||
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| package main | ||
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| import ( | ||
| "context" | ||
| "flag" | ||
| "fmt" | ||
| "log" | ||
| "net/http" | ||
| "net/url" | ||
| "os" | ||
| "time" | ||
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| "github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/mcp" | ||
| ) | ||
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| func main() { | ||
| flag.Usage = func() { | ||
| fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage: %s <client|server> [proto://<host>:<port>]\n\n", os.Args[0]) | ||
| fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "This program demonstrates MCP over HTTP using the streamable transport.\n") | ||
| fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "It can run as either a server or client.\n\n") | ||
| fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Options:\n") | ||
| flag.PrintDefaults() | ||
| fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\nExamples:\n") | ||
| fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " Run as server: %s server\n", os.Args[0]) | ||
| fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " Run as client: %s client\n", os.Args[0]) | ||
| fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " Custom host/port: %s server https://0.0.0.0:8000\n", os.Args[0]) | ||
| os.Exit(1) | ||
| } | ||
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| if len(os.Args) < 2 { | ||
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| fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error: Must specify 'client' or 'server' as first argument\n\n") | ||
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| flag.Usage() | ||
| } | ||
| mode := os.Args[1] | ||
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| rawurl := "http://localhost:8000" | ||
| if len(os.Args) >= 3 { | ||
| rawurl = os.Args[2] | ||
| } | ||
| url, err := url.Parse(rawurl) | ||
| if err != nil { | ||
| log.Fatalf("Server failed: %v", err) | ||
| } | ||
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| switch mode { | ||
| case "server": | ||
| runServer(url) | ||
| case "client": | ||
| runClient(url) | ||
| default: | ||
| fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error: Invalid mode '%s'. Must be 'client' or 'server'\n\n", mode) | ||
| flag.Usage() | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
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| // GetTimeParams defines the parameters for the cityTime tool. | ||
| type GetTimeParams struct { | ||
| City string `json:"city" jsonschema:"City to get time for (nyc, sf, or boston)"` | ||
| } | ||
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| // getTime implements the tool that returns the current time for a given city. | ||
| func getTime(ctx context.Context, ss *mcp.ServerSession, params *mcp.CallToolParamsFor[GetTimeParams]) (*mcp.CallToolResultFor[any], error) { | ||
| // Define time zones for each city | ||
| locations := map[string]string{ | ||
| "nyc": "America/New_York", | ||
| "sf": "America/Los_Angeles", | ||
| "boston": "America/New_York", | ||
| } | ||
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| city := params.Arguments.City | ||
| if city == "" { | ||
| city = "nyc" // Default to NYC | ||
| } | ||
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| // Get the timezone. | ||
| tzName, ok := locations[city] | ||
| if !ok { | ||
| return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown city: %s", city) | ||
| } | ||
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| // Load the location. | ||
| loc, err := time.LoadLocation(tzName) | ||
| if err != nil { | ||
| return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load timezone: %w", err) | ||
| } | ||
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| // Get current time in that location. | ||
| now := time.Now().In(loc) | ||
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| // Format the response. | ||
| cityNames := map[string]string{ | ||
| "nyc": "New York City", | ||
| "sf": "San Francisco", | ||
| "boston": "Boston", | ||
| } | ||
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| response := fmt.Sprintf("The current time in %s is %s", | ||
| cityNames[city], | ||
| now.Format(time.RFC3339)) | ||
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| return &mcp.CallToolResultFor[any]{ | ||
| Content: []mcp.Content{ | ||
| &mcp.TextContent{Text: response}, | ||
| }, | ||
| }, nil | ||
| } | ||
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| func runServer(url *url.URL) { | ||
| // Create an MCP server. | ||
| server := mcp.NewServer(&mcp.Implementation{ | ||
| Name: "time-server", | ||
| Version: "1.0.0", | ||
| }, nil) | ||
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| // Add the cityTime tool. | ||
| mcp.AddTool(server, &mcp.Tool{ | ||
| Name: "cityTime", | ||
| Description: "Get the current time in NYC, San Francisco, or Boston", | ||
| }, getTime) | ||
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| // Create the streamable HTTP handler. | ||
| handler := mcp.NewStreamableHTTPHandler(func(req *http.Request) *mcp.Server { | ||
| return server | ||
| }, nil) | ||
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| handlerWithLogging := loggingHandler(handler) | ||
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| laddr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", url.Hostname(), url.Port()) | ||
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| log.Printf("MCP server listening on %s", laddr) | ||
| log.Printf("Available tool: cityTime (cities: nyc, sf, boston)") | ||
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| // Start the HTTP server with logging handler. | ||
| if err := http.ListenAndServe("localhost:8000", handlerWithLogging); err != nil { | ||
| log.Fatalf("Server failed: %v", err) | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
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| func runClient(url *url.URL) { | ||
| ctx := context.Background() | ||
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| // Create the URL for the server. | ||
| log.Printf("Connecting to MCP server at %s", url.String()) | ||
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| // Create a streamable client transport. | ||
| transport := mcp.NewStreamableClientTransport(url.String(), nil) | ||
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| // Create an MCP client. | ||
| client := mcp.NewClient(&mcp.Implementation{ | ||
| Name: "time-client", | ||
| Version: "1.0.0", | ||
| }, nil) | ||
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| // Connect to the server. | ||
| session, err := client.Connect(ctx, transport) | ||
| if err != nil { | ||
| log.Fatalf("Failed to connect: %v", err) | ||
| } | ||
| defer session.Close() | ||
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| log.Printf("Connected to server (session ID: %s)", session.ID()) | ||
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| // First, list available tools. | ||
| log.Println("Listing available tools...") | ||
| toolsResult, err := session.ListTools(ctx, nil) | ||
| if err != nil { | ||
| log.Fatalf("Failed to list tools: %v", err) | ||
| } | ||
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| for _, tool := range toolsResult.Tools { | ||
| log.Printf(" - %s: %s\n", tool.Name, tool.Description) | ||
| } | ||
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| // Call the cityTime tool for each city. | ||
| cities := []string{"nyc", "sf", "boston"} | ||
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| log.Println("Getting time for each city...") | ||
| for _, city := range cities { | ||
| // Call the tool. | ||
| result, err := session.CallTool(ctx, &mcp.CallToolParams{ | ||
| Name: "cityTime", | ||
| Arguments: map[string]any{ | ||
| "city": city, | ||
| }, | ||
| }) | ||
| if err != nil { | ||
| log.Printf("Failed to get time for %s: %v\n", city, err) | ||
| continue | ||
| } | ||
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| // Print the result. | ||
| for _, content := range result.Content { | ||
| if textContent, ok := content.(*mcp.TextContent); ok { | ||
| log.Printf(" %s", textContent.Text) | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
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| log.Println("Client completed successfully") | ||
| } | ||
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