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fastmcp.client.transports.stdio

Classes

StdioTransport <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/client/transports/stdio.py#L22" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

Base transport for connecting to an MCP server via subprocess with stdio.

This is a base class that can be subclassed for specific command-based transports like Python, Node, Uvx, etc.

Methods:

connect_session <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/client/transports/stdio.py#L72" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

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connect_session(self, **session_kwargs: Unpack[SessionKwargs]) -> AsyncIterator[ClientSession]

connect <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/client/transports/stdio.py#L84" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

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connect(self, **session_kwargs: Unpack[SessionKwargs]) -> ClientSession | None

disconnect <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/client/transports/stdio.py#L127" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

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disconnect(self)

close <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/client/transports/stdio.py#L162" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

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close(self)

PythonStdioTransport <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/client/transports/stdio.py#L232" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

Transport for running Python scripts.

FastMCPStdioTransport <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/client/transports/stdio.py#L285" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

Transport for running FastMCP servers using the FastMCP CLI.

NodeStdioTransport <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/client/transports/stdio.py#L314" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

Transport for running Node.js scripts.

UvStdioTransport <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/client/transports/stdio.py#L367" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

Transport for running commands via the uv tool.

UvxStdioTransport <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/client/transports/stdio.py#L446" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

Transport for running commands via the uvx tool.

NpxStdioTransport <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/client/transports/stdio.py#L511" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

Transport for running commands via the npx tool.