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sse/sse ​

Classes ​

SSEServerTransport ​

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:39

Server transport for SSE: this will send messages over an SSE connection and receive messages from HTTP POST requests.

This transport is only available in Node.js environments.

Deprecated ​

Use StreamableHTTPServerTransport from @modelcontextprotocol/server instead.

Implements ​

Constructors ​

Constructor ​

new SSEServerTransport(_endpoint, res, options?): SSEServerTransport

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:47

Parameters ​
_endpoint ​

string

res ​

ServerResponse

options? ​

SSEServerTransportOptions

Returns ​

SSEServerTransport

Properties ​

onclose? ​

optional onclose?: () => void

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:43

Callback for when the connection is closed for any reason.

This should be invoked when close() is called as well.

Returns ​

void

Implementation of ​

Transport.onclose

onerror? ​

optional onerror?: (error) => void

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:44

Callback for when an error occurs.

Note that errors are not necessarily fatal; they are used for reporting any kind of exceptional condition out of band.

Parameters ​
error ​

Error

Returns ​

void

Implementation of ​

Transport.onerror

onmessage? ​

optional onmessage?: <T>(message, extra?) => void

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:45

Callback for when a message (request or response) is received over the connection.

Includes the request and authInfo if the transport is authenticated.

The request can be used to get the original request information (headers, etc.)

Type Parameters ​
T ​

T extends JSONRPCMessage

Parameters ​
message ​

T

extra? ​

MessageExtraInfo

Returns ​

void

Implementation of ​

Transport.onmessage

Accessors ​

sessionId ​
Get Signature ​

get sessionId(): string

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:192

The session ID generated for this connection.

Returns ​

string

The session ID generated for this connection.

Implementation of ​

Transport.sessionId

Methods ​

close() ​

close(): Promise<void>

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:178

Closes the connection.

Returns ​

Promise<void>

Implementation of ​

Transport.close

handleMessage() ​

handleMessage(message, extra?): Promise<void>

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:166

Parameters ​
message ​

unknown

extra? ​

MessageExtraInfo

Returns ​

Promise<void>

handlePostMessage() ​

handlePostMessage(req, res, parsedBody?): Promise<void>

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:104

Parameters ​
req ​

IncomingMessage & object

res ​

ServerResponse

parsedBody? ​

unknown

Returns ​

Promise<void>

send() ​

send(message, _options?): Promise<void>

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:184

Sends a JSON-RPC message (request or response).

If present, relatedRequestId is used to indicate to the transport which incoming request to associate this outgoing message with.

Parameters ​
message ​

JSONRPCMessage

_options? ​

TransportSendOptions

Returns ​

Promise<void>

Implementation of ​

Transport.send

start() ​

start(): Promise<void>

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:78

Starts processing messages on the transport, including any connection steps that might need to be taken.

This method should only be called after callbacks are installed, or else messages may be lost.

NOTE: This method should not be called explicitly when using Client or Server classes, as they will implicitly call start().

Returns ​

Promise<void>

Implementation of ​

Transport.start

Interfaces ​

SSEServerTransportOptions ​

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:16

Configuration options for SSEServerTransport.

Deprecated ​

Use StreamableHTTPServerTransport instead.

Properties ​

allowedHosts? ​

optional allowedHosts?: string[]

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:20

Deprecated ​

Use the host-header-validation middleware from @modelcontextprotocol/express instead.

allowedOrigins? ​

optional allowedOrigins?: string[]

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:25

Deprecated ​

Use the host-header-validation middleware from @modelcontextprotocol/express instead.

enableDnsRebindingProtection? ​

optional enableDnsRebindingProtection?: boolean

Defined in: packages/server-legacy/src/sse/sse.ts:30

Deprecated ​

Use the host-header-validation middleware from @modelcontextprotocol/express instead.