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https://github.com/zcaceres/fetch-mcp

A flexible HTTP fetching Model Context Protocol server.
https://github.com/zcaceres/fetch-mcp

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A flexible HTTP fetching Model Context Protocol server.

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# Fetch MCP Server

This MCP server provides functionality to fetch web content in various formats, including HTML, JSON, plain text, and Markdown.

## Components

### Tools

- **fetch_html**
- Fetch a website and return the content as HTML
- Input:
- `url` (string, required): URL of the website to fetch
- `headers` (object, optional): Custom headers to include in the request
- Returns the raw HTML content of the webpage

- **fetch_json**
- Fetch a JSON file from a URL
- Input:
- `url` (string, required): URL of the JSON to fetch
- `headers` (object, optional): Custom headers to include in the request
- Returns the parsed JSON content

- **fetch_txt**
- Fetch a website and return the content as plain text (no HTML)
- Input:
- `url` (string, required): URL of the website to fetch
- `headers` (object, optional): Custom headers to include in the request
- Returns the text content of the webpage with HTML tags, scripts, and styles removed

- **fetch_markdown**
- Fetch a website and return the content as Markdown
- Input:
- `url` (string, required): URL of the website to fetch
- `headers` (object, optional): Custom headers to include in the request
- Returns the content of the webpage converted to Markdown format

### Resources

This server does not provide any persistent resources. It's designed to fetch and transform web content on demand.

## Getting started

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies: `npm install`
3. Build the server: `npm run build`

### Usage

To use the server, you can run it directly:

```bash
npm start
```

This will start the Fetch MCP Server running on stdio.

### Usage with Desktop App

To integrate this server with a desktop app, add the following to your app's server configuration:

```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"fetch": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"{ABSOLUTE PATH TO FILE HERE}/dist/index.js"
]
}
}
}
```

## Features

- Fetches web content using modern fetch API
- Supports custom headers for requests
- Provides content in multiple formats: HTML, JSON, plain text, and Markdown
- Uses JSDOM for HTML parsing and text extraction
- Uses TurndownService for HTML to Markdown conversion

## Development

- Run `npm run dev` to start the TypeScript compiler in watch mode
- Use `npm test` to run the test suite

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.