libmuscle.mcp.transport_client module¶

class libmuscle.mcp.transport_client.TransportClient[source]¶

Bases: object

A client that connects to an MCP server.

This is a base class for MCP Transport Clients. An MCP Transport Client connects to an MCP Transport Server over some communication protocol, requests messages from it, and returns responses.

call(request: bytes) → bytes[source]¶

Send a request to the server and receive the response.

This is a blocking call.

Parameters: request – The request to send
Returns: The received response

static can_connect_to(location: str) → bool[source]¶

Whether this client class can connect to the given location.

Parameters: location – The location to potentially connect to.
Returns: True iff this class can connect to this location.

close() → None[source]¶

Closes this client.

This closes any connections this client has and/or performs other shutdown activities as needed.