Swagger MCP Server

A server that ingests and serves Swagger/OpenAPI specifications through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Features

• Loads Swagger/OpenAPI specifications

• Supports multiple authentication methods:

  • Basic Auth

  • Bearer Token

  • API Key (header or query)

  • OAuth2

• Automatically generates MCP tools from API endpoints

• Server-Sent Events (SSE) support for real-time communication

• TypeScript support

Related MCP server: Swagger MCP Server

Security

This is a personal server!! Do not expose it to the public internet. If the underlying API requires authentication, you should not expose the MCP server to the public internet.

TODO

• secrets - the MCP server should be able to use secrets from the user to authenticate requests to the API

• Comprehensive test suite

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18 or higher)

• Yarn package manager

• TypeScript

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/dcolley/swagger-mcp.git
cd swagger-mcp

2. Install dependencies:

yarn install

3. Create a .env file based on the example:

cp .env.example .env

4. Configure your Swagger/OpenAPI specification:

   • Place your Swagger file in the project (e.g., swagger.json)

   • Or provide a URL to your Swagger specification

5. Update the configuration in config.json with your server settings:

{
  "server": {
    "host": "localhost",
    "port": 3000
  },
  "swagger": {
    "url": "url-or-path/to/your/swagger.json",
    "apiBaseUrl": "https://api.example.com",  // Fallback if not specified in Swagger
    "defaultAuth": {  // Fallback if not specified in Swagger
      "type": "apiKey",
      "apiKey": "your-api-key",
      "apiKeyName": "api_key",
      "apiKeyIn": "header"
    }
  }
}

Note: The server prioritizes settings from the Swagger specification over the config file:

• If the Swagger file contains a servers array, the first server URL will be used as the base URL

• If the Swagger file defines security schemes, they will be used for authentication

• The config file settings serve as fallbacks when not specified in the Swagger file

Usage

1. Start the development server:

yarn dev

2. Build for production:

yarn build

3. Start the production server:

yarn start

API Endpoints

• GET /health - Check server health status

• GET /sse - Establish Server-Sent Events connection

• POST /messages - Send messages to the MCP server

Testing

Run the test suite:

# Run tests once
yarn test

# Run tests in watch mode
yarn test:watch

# Run tests with coverage report
yarn test:coverage

Authentication

The server supports various authentication methods. Configure them in the config.json file as fallbacks when not specified in the Swagger file:

Basic Auth

{
  "defaultAuth": {
    "type": "basic",
    "username": "your-username",
    "password": "your-password"
  }
}

Bearer Token

{
  "defaultAuth": {
    "type": "bearer",
    "token": "your-bearer-token"
  }
}

API Key

{
  "defaultAuth": {
    "type": "apiKey",
    "apiKey": "your-api-key",
    "apiKeyName": "X-API-Key",
    "apiKeyIn": "header"
  }
}

OAuth2

{
  "defaultAuth": {
    "type": "oauth2",
    "token": "your-oauth-token"
  }
}

Development

1. Start the development server:

yarn dev

License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.

Environment Variables

• PORT: Server port (default: 3000)

• API_USERNAME: Username for API authentication (fallback)

• API_PASSWORD: Password for API authentication (fallback)

• API_TOKEN: API token for authentication (fallback)

• DEFAULT_API_BASE_URL: Default base URL for API endpoints (fallback)

• DEFAULT_SWAGGER_URL: Default Swagger specification URL