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POST
/
projects
/
{projectId}
/
servers
/
{serverId}
/
resources
/
read
Read a resource
curl --request POST \
  --url https://app.mcpjam.com/api/v1/projects/{projectId}/servers/{serverId}/resources/read \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "uri": "file:///readme.md"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://app.mcpjam.com/api/v1/projects/{projectId}/servers/{serverId}/resources/read"

payload = { "uri": "file:///readme.md" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({uri: 'file:///readme.md'})
};

fetch('https://app.mcpjam.com/api/v1/projects/{projectId}/servers/{serverId}/resources/read', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.mcpjam.com/api/v1/projects/{projectId}/servers/{serverId}/resources/read",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'uri' => 'file:///readme.md'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.mcpjam.com/api/v1/projects/{projectId}/servers/{serverId}/resources/read"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"uri\": \"file:///readme.md\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.mcpjam.com/api/v1/projects/{projectId}/servers/{serverId}/resources/read")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"uri\": \"file:///readme.md\"\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.mcpjam.com/api/v1/projects/{projectId}/servers/{serverId}/resources/read")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"uri\": \"file:///readme.md\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{ "contents": [ { "uri": "<string>", "mimeType": "<string>", "text": "<string>", "blob": "<string>" } ] }

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

MCPJam API key (sk_…). Create one at Settings → API keys. Guest sessions cannot use the API, and API keys cannot manage other API keys.

Path Parameters

​
projectId
string
required

ID of the hosted project that contains the server.

​
serverId
string
required

ID of the server inside the project.

Body

application/json
​
uri
string
required

The resource URI, exactly as returned by the resources list.

Example:

"file:///readme.md"

Response

The resource contents.

MCP read-resource result.

​
contents
object[]
required