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# Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
import asyncio
import os
from agent_framework import Agent, MCPStreamableHTTPTool
from agent_framework.openai import OpenAIResponsesClient
from httpx import AsyncClient
"""
MCP Authentication Example
This example demonstrates how to authenticate with MCP servers using API key headers.
For more authentication examples including OAuth 2.0 flows, see:
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/tree/main/examples/clients/simple-auth-client
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/tree/main/examples/servers/simple-auth
"""
async def api_key_auth_example() -> None:
"""Example of using API key authentication with MCP server."""
# Configuration
mcp_server_url = os.getenv("MCP_SERVER_URL", "your-mcp-server-url")
api_key = os.getenv("MCP_API_KEY")
# Create authentication headers
# Common patterns:
# - Bearer token: "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"
# - API key header: "X-API-Key": api_key
# - Custom header: "Authorization": f"ApiKey {api_key}"
auth_headers = {
"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
}
# Create HTTP client with authentication headers
http_client = AsyncClient(headers=auth_headers)
# Create MCP tool with the configured HTTP client
async with (
MCPStreamableHTTPTool(
name="MCP tool",
description="MCP tool description",
url=mcp_server_url,
http_client=http_client, # Pass HTTP client with authentication headers
) as mcp_tool,
Agent(
client=OpenAIResponsesClient(),
name="Agent",
instructions="You are a helpful assistant.",
tools=mcp_tool,
) as agent,
):
query = "What tools are available to you?"
print(f"User: {query}")
result = await agent.run(query)
print(f"Agent: {result.text}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(api_key_auth_example())