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import { z } from "zod"; import axios from "axios"; import { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js"; import { API_CONFIG } from "./config.js"; import { createRequestLogger } from "../utils/logger.js"; export function registerCrawlingTool(server: McpServer, config?: { exaApiKey?: string }): void { server.tool( "crawling_exa", "Extract and crawl content from specific URLs using Exa AI - retrieves full text content, metadata, and structured information from web pages. Ideal for extracting detailed content from known URLs.", { url: z.string().describe("URL to crawl and extract content from"), maxCharacters: z.number().optional().describe("Maximum characters to extract (default: 3000)") }, async ({ url, maxCharacters }) => { const requestId = `crawling_exa-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 7)}`; const logger = createRequestLogger(requestId, 'crawling_exa'); logger.start(url); try { // Create a fresh axios instance for each request const axiosInstance = axios.create({ baseURL: API_CONFIG.BASE_URL, headers: { 'accept': 'application/json', 'content-type': 'application/json', 'x-api-key': config?.exaApiKey || process.env.EXA_API_KEY || '' }, timeout: 25000 }); const crawlRequest = { ids: [url], contents: { text: { maxCharacters: maxCharacters || API_CONFIG.DEFAULT_MAX_CHARACTERS }, livecrawl: 'preferred' } }; logger.log("Sending crawl request to Exa API"); const response = await axiosInstance.post( '/contents', crawlRequest, { timeout: 25000 } ); logger.log("Received response from Exa API"); if (!response.data || !response.data.results) { logger.log("Warning: Empty or invalid response from Exa API"); return { content: [{ type: "text" as const, text: "No content found for the provided URL." }] }; } logger.log(`Successfully crawled content from URL`); const result = { content: [{ type: "text" as const, text: JSON.stringify(response.data, null, 2) }] }; logger.complete(); return result; } catch (error) { logger.error(error); if (axios.isAxiosError(error)) { // Handle Axios errors specifically const statusCode = error.response?.status || 'unknown'; const errorMessage = error.response?.data?.message || error.message; logger.log(`Axios error (${statusCode}): ${errorMessage}`); return { content: [{ type: "text" as const, text: `Crawling error (${statusCode}): ${errorMessage}` }], isError: true, }; } // Handle generic errors return { content: [{ type: "text" as const, text: `Crawling error: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` }], isError: true, }; } } ); }

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