get_articles_by_username
Retrieve articles published by a specific Dev.to author using their username to access their content portfolio.
Instructions
Get articles written by a specific user
Args:
username: The username of the authorInput Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| username | Yes |
Implementation Reference
- server.py:78-87 (handler)The handler function decorated with @mcp.tool() that implements the 'get_articles_by_username' tool. It fetches articles by the given username from the Dev.to API using the shared fetch_from_api helper and formats the results with format_articles.
@mcp.tool() async def get_articles_by_username(username: str) -> str: """ Get articles written by a specific user Args: username: The username of the author """ articles = await fetch_from_api("/articles", params={"username": username}) return format_articles(articles[:10]) - server.py:12-18 (helper)Shared helper function used by get_articles_by_username to make HTTP requests to the Dev.to API.
async def fetch_from_api(path: str, params: dict = None) -> dict: """Helper function to fetch data from Dev.to API""" async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client: url = f"{BASE_URL}{path}" response = await client.get(url, params=params, timeout=10.0) response.raise_for_status() return response.json() - server.py:168-188 (helper)Shared helper function used by get_articles_by_username to format the list of articles into a readable markdown string.
def format_articles(articles: list) -> str: """Format a list of articles for display""" if not articles: return "No articles found." result = "# Dev.to Articles\n\n" for article in articles: title = article.get("title", "Untitled") author = article.get("user", {}).get("name", "Unknown Author") published_date = article.get("readable_publish_date", "Unknown date") article_id = article.get("id", "") tags = article.get("tags", "") result += f"## {title}\n" result += f"ID: {article_id}\n" result += f"Author: {author}\n" result += f"Published: {published_date}\n" result += f"Tags: {tags}\n" result += f"Description: {article.get('description', 'No description available.')}\n\n" return result