http_get
Send HTTP GET requests with configurable headers, cookies, body, and timeout. Logs all request details for security testing, API testing, or web automation.
Instructions
HTTP GET request with full support (headers, cookies, body, timeout) - All requests logged
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | No | ||
| cookies | No | ||
| headers | No | ||
| timeout | No | ||
| url | Yes |
Implementation Reference
- src/mcp_requests/main.py:105-118 (handler)The http_get tool handler, including registration via @mcp.tool(), input schema via type annotations and defaults, and execution logic that invokes the shared HTTP helper function.@mcp.tool() def http_get( url: str, headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None, cookies: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None, body: Optional[str] = None, timeout: float = 30.0 ) -> str: """HTTP GET request with full support (headers, cookies, body, timeout) - All requests logged""" try: result = make_http_request_with_logging("GET", url, headers or {}, cookies or {}, body or "", timeout) return json.dumps(result, indent=2) except Exception as e: return f"Error: {str(e)}"
- src/mcp_requests/main.py:56-100 (helper)Core helper function that performs the actual HTTP request using httpx, handles logging, error cases, and formats the response dictionary. Used by http_get and all other HTTP method tools.def make_http_request_with_logging(method: str, url: str, headers: dict, cookies: dict, body: str, timeout: float): """Universal HTTP request function with logging""" try: with httpx.Client(timeout=timeout) as client: response = client.request( method=method.upper(), url=url, headers=headers, cookies=cookies, content=body.encode('utf-8') if body else None ) # Log the request and response log_path = log_request_response( method=method.upper(), url=url, headers=headers, cookies=cookies, body=body, status_code=response.status_code, response_headers=dict(response.headers), response_content=response.text, response_length=len(response.text) ) return { "method": method.upper(), "url": url, "status_code": response.status_code, "response_headers": dict(response.headers), "response_content": response.text, "response_length": len(response.text), "request_headers": headers, "request_cookies": cookies, "request_body": body, "logged_to": log_path } except Exception as e: # Log the error log_request_response( method=method.upper(), url=url, headers=headers, cookies=cookies, body=body, status_code=0, response_headers={}, response_content="", response_length=0, error=str(e) ) raise e
- src/mcp_requests/main.py:30-54 (helper)Supporting utility that logs detailed request and response information to a file in ~/mcp_requests_logs/ with timestamps.def log_request_response(method: str, url: str, headers: dict, cookies: dict, body: str, status_code: int, response_headers: dict, response_content: str, response_length: int, error: str = None): """Log complete request and response details""" log_data = { "timestamp": datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(), "request": { "method": method, "url": url, "headers": headers, "cookies": cookies, "body": body, "body_length": len(body) if body else 0 }, "response": { "status_code": status_code if not error else "ERROR", "headers": response_headers if not error else {}, "content_length": response_length if not error else 0, "content_preview": response_content[:500] + "..." if response_content and len(response_content) > 500 else response_content }, "error": error } logger.info(f"HTTP_REQUEST: {json.dumps(log_data, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)}") return log_path