mcp_fetch
Fetch website content from any URL to extract text, code, or data for analysis within Cursor IDE.
Instructions
Fetches a website and returns its content
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | Yes | URL to fetch |
Implementation Reference
- mcp_hitchcode/server.py:19-55 (handler)Core handler function that asynchronously fetches website content using httpx, returns the HTML as TextContent, and handles timeout, HTTP errors, and general exceptions.
async def fetch_website( url: str, ) -> list[types.TextContent | types.ImageContent | types.EmbeddedResource]: headers = { "User-Agent": "MCP Test Server (github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk)" } try: timeout = httpx.Timeout(10.0, connect=5.0) async with httpx.AsyncClient( follow_redirects=True, headers=headers, timeout=timeout ) as client: response = await client.get(url) response.raise_for_status() return [types.TextContent(type="text", text=response.text)] except httpx.TimeoutException: return [ types.TextContent( type="text", text="Error: Request timed out while trying to fetch the website.", ) ] except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e: return [ types.TextContent( type="text", text=( f"Error: HTTP {e.response.status_code} " "error while fetching the website." ), ) ] except Exception as e: return [ types.TextContent( type="text", text=f"Error: Failed to fetch website: {str(e)}" ) ] - mcp_hitchcode/server.py:417-424 (handler)Dispatch logic within the main tool handler function that validates input and calls the fetch_website implementation for the mcp_fetch tool.
if name == "mcp_fetch": if "url" not in arguments: return [ types.TextContent( type="text", text="Error: Missing required argument 'url'" ) ] return await fetch_website(arguments["url"]) - mcp_hitchcode/server.py:561-574 (registration)Tool registration in list_tools() including name, description, and input schema definition.
types.Tool( name="mcp_fetch", description="Fetches a website and returns its content", inputSchema={ "type": "object", "required": ["url"], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "description": "URL to fetch", } }, }, ), - mcp_hitchcode/server.py:564-573 (schema)Input schema for the mcp_fetch tool, requiring a 'url' string parameter.
inputSchema={ "type": "object", "required": ["url"], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "description": "URL to fetch", } }, },