UseScraper MCP Server

This is a TypeScript-based MCP server that provides web scraping capabilities using the UseScraper API. It exposes a single tool 'scrape' that can extract content from web pages in various formats.

Features

Tools

scrape - Extract content from a webpage
- Parameters:
  - url (required): The URL of the webpage to scrape
  - format (optional): The format to save the content (text, html, markdown). Default: markdown
  - advanced_proxy (optional): Use advanced proxy to circumvent bot detection. Default: false
  - extract_object (optional): Object specifying data to extract

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install UseScraper for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install usescraper-server --client claude

Manual Installation

Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/your-repo/usescraper-server.git cd usescraper-server
Install dependencies:
npm install
Build the server:
npm run build

Configuration

To use with Claude Desktop, add the server config:

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usescraper-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/usescraper-server/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "USESCRAPER_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace /path/to/usescraper-server with the actual path to the server and your-api-key-here with your UseScraper API key.

Usage

Once configured, you can use the 'scrape' tool through the MCP interface. Example usage:

{
  "name": "scrape",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "format": "markdown"
  }
}

Development

For development with auto-rebuild:

npm run watch

Debugging

Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using the MCP Inspector, which is available as a package script:

npm run inspector

The Inspector will provide a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.

Install Server

HTTP connection URL

security – no known vulnerabilities

license - permissive license

quality - confirmed to work

How are these scores calculated?

remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

Tools

scrape

A TypeScript-based MCP server utilizing the UseScraper API to provide web scraping capabilities, allowing users to extract content from webpages in various formats.

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