mcp-rest-api

MIT License

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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`AUTH_BEARER`	No	Your Bearer token for authentication.
`REST_BASE_URL`	Yes	The base URL of the REST API.
`AUTH_APIKEY_VALUE`	No	The API Key value for authentication.
`AUTH_BASIC_PASSWORD`	No	Your password for Basic Authentication.
`AUTH_BASIC_USERNAME`	No	Your username for Basic Authentication.
`REST_ENABLE_SSL_VERIFY`	No	Set to false to disable SSL verification for self-signed certificates.	true
`AUTH_APIKEY_HEADER_NAME`	No	The header name for API Key authentication.
`REST_RESPONSE_SIZE_LIMIT`	No	Maximum response size in bytes.	10000

Schema

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
`REST API Usage Examples`	Detailed examples of using the REST API testing tool
`Response Format Documentation`	Documentation of the response format and structure
`Configuration Documentation`	Documentation of all configuration options and how to use them

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
`test_request`	Test a REST API endpoint and get detailed response information. Base URL: https://api.example.com/v1 SSL Verification: Disabled (see config resource for SSL settings) Authentication: Basic Auth with username: user_example The tool automatically: - Normalizes endpoints (adds leading slash, removes trailing slashes) - Handles authentication header injection - Accepts any HTTP status code as valid - Limits response size to 5000 bytes (see config resource for size limit settings) - Returns detailed response information including: * Full URL called * Status code and text * Response headers * Response body * Request details (method, headers, body) * Response timing * Validation messages Error Handling: - Network errors are caught and returned with descriptive messages - Invalid status codes are still returned with full response details - Authentication errors include the attempted auth method See the config resource for all configuration options.

test_request

Test a REST API endpoint and get detailed response information. Base URL: https://api.example.com/v1 SSL Verification: Disabled (see config resource for SSL settings) Authentication: Basic Auth with username: user_example The tool automatically: - Normalizes endpoints (adds leading slash, removes trailing slashes) - Handles authentication header injection - Accepts any HTTP status code as valid - Limits response size to 5000 bytes (see config resource for size limit settings) - Returns detailed response information including: * Full URL called * Status code and text * Response headers * Response body * Request details (method, headers, body) * Response timing * Validation messages Error Handling: - Network errors are caught and returned with descriptive messages - Invalid status codes are still returned with full response details - Authentication errors include the attempted auth method See the config resource for all configuration options.