docs/python-sdk/fastmcp-server-context.mdx

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title: 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#L36"><Icon icon="github" size="14" /></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#L45"><Icon icon="github" size="14" /></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#L98"><Icon icon="github" size="14" /></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.


#### `client_id` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L168"><Icon icon="github" size="14" /></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#L177"><Icon icon="github" size="14" /></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#L182"><Icon icon="github" size="14" /></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#L213"><Icon icon="github" size="14" /></a></sup>

```python
session(self)
```

Access to the underlying session for advanced usage.


#### `get_http_request` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/context.py#L282"><Icon icon="github" size="14" /></a></sup>

```python
get_http_request(self) -> Request
```

Get the active starlette request.