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fastmcp.server.middleware.response_limiting

Response limiting middleware for controlling tool response sizes.

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ResponseLimitingMiddleware <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/middleware/response_limiting.py#L21" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

Middleware that limits the response size of tool calls.

Intercepts tool call responses and enforces size limits. If a response exceeds the limit, it extracts text content, truncates it, and returns a single TextContent block.

Methods:

on_call_tool <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/middleware/response_limiting.py#L105" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

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on_call_tool(self, context: MiddlewareContext[mt.CallToolRequestParams], call_next: CallNext[mt.CallToolRequestParams, ToolResult]) -> ToolResult

Intercept tool calls and limit response size.