imdb-mcp-server

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/imdb_mcp_server/tools.py:86-98 (handler)

  The core handler function for the 'get_imdb_details' tool. It fetches detailed information for a given IMDb ID from the API and returns it as formatted JSON. Registered via @mcp.tool() decorator.
  @mcp.tool() async def get_imdb_details(imdb_id: str, ctx: Context) -> str: """Get more in depth details about a movie/series from IMDb. Args: imdbId: The IMDb ID of the movie/series to get details for. Returns: JSON object containing the movie/series details. """ imdb_details_url = f"{BASE_URL}/{imdb_id}" imdb_details_data = await make_imdb_request(imdb_details_url, {}, ctx) if not imdb_details_data: return "Unable to fetch imdb details data for this movie or movie not found." return json.dumps(imdb_details_data, indent=4)
• src/imdb_mcp_server/api.py:14-56 (helper)

  Supporting utility function 'make_imdb_request' called by the handler to perform the actual API request to IMDb, including caching, authentication with RapidAPI key, and error handling.
  async def make_imdb_request(url: str, querystring: dict[str, Any], ctx: Optional[Context] = None) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]: """Make a request to the IMDb API with proper error handling and caching.""" # Check if it's time to clean the cache cache_manager.cleanup_if_needed() # Create a cache key from the URL and querystring cache_key = f"{url}_{str(querystring)}" # Try to get from cache first cached_data = cache_manager.cache.get(cache_key) if cached_data: return cached_data # Get API key from session config or fallback to environment variable api_key = None if ctx and hasattr(ctx, 'session_config') and ctx.session_config: api_key = ctx.session_config.rapidApiKeyImdb if not api_key: api_key = os.getenv("RAPID_API_KEY_IMDB") # Not in cache, make the request headers = { "x-rapidapi-key": api_key, "x-rapidapi-host": "imdb236.p.rapidapi.com", } if not api_key: raise ValueError("API key not found. Please set the RAPID_API_KEY_IMDB environment variable or provide rapidApiKeyImdb in the request.") try: response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring, timeout=30.0) response.raise_for_status() data = response.json() # Cache the response cache_manager.cache.set(cache_key, data) return data except Exception as e: raise ValueError(f"Unable to fetch data from IMDb. Please try again later. Error: {e}")
• src/imdb_mcp_server/api.py:11-12 (helper)

  BASE_URL constant used in constructing the API endpoint URL for the tool.
  BASE_URL = "https://imdb236.p.rapidapi.com/api/imdb"
• src/imdb_mcp_server/main.py:22-23 (registration)

  Call to register_tools(server) which defines and registers the get_imdb_details tool among others.
  # Register all tools with the server register_tools(server)
• src/imdb_mcp_server/main.py:61-61 (registration)

  Alternative call to register_tools(server) in stdio mode.
  register_tools(server)