# Google search via CLI
npm run dev:cli -- search-google --query "your search query" --api-key "your-api-key"

# Google image search via CLI
npm run dev:cli -- search-google-images --query "your search query" --api-key "your-api-key"

# YouTube search via CLI
npm run dev:cli -- search-youtube --query "your search query" --api-key "your-api-key" --max-results 5

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searchapi": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/searchapi-mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
      "transportType": "stdio"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searchapi": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "http://mcp.searchapi.site/mcp"
    }
  }
}

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/mrgoonie/searchapi-mcp-server.git
cd searchapi-mcp-server

# Install dependencies
npm install

npm run dev:server

npm run dev:server:http

# Using CLI in development mode
npm run dev:cli -- search-google --query "your search query" --api-key "your-api-key"

# Or with a specific IP
npm run dev:cli -- search-google --query "your search query" --api-key "your-api-key" --limit 10 --offset 0 --sort "date:d" --from_date "2023-01-01" --to_date "2023-12-31"

src/
├── cli/              # Command-line interfaces
├── controllers/      # Business logic
├── resources/        # MCP resources: expose data and content from your servers to LLMs
├── services/         # External API interactions
├── tools/            # MCP tool definitions
├── types/            # Type definitions
├── utils/            # Shared utilities
└── index.ts          # Entry point

# Start server in development mode (hot-reload & inspector)
npm run dev:server

# Run CLI in development mode
npm run dev:cli -- [command] [args]

# Build the project
npm run build

# Start server in production mode
npm run start:server

# Run CLI in production mode
npm run start:cli -- [command] [args]

# Run all tests
npm test

# Run specific tests
npm test -- src/path/to/test.ts

# Generate test coverage report
npm run test:coverage

OPENAI_API_KEY=your-key  npx mcp-eval src/evals/evals.ts src/tools/searchapi.tool.ts

# Lint code
npm run lint

# Format code with Prettier
npm run format

# Check types
npm run typecheck

// src/services/example.service.ts
import { Logger } from '../utils/logger.util.js';

const logger = Logger.forContext('services/example.service.ts');

export async function getData(param: string): Promise<any> {
	logger.debug('Getting data', { param });
	// API interaction code here
	return { result: 'example data' };
}

// src/controllers/example.controller.ts
import { Logger } from '../utils/logger.util.js';
import * as exampleService from '../services/example.service.js';
import { formatMarkdown } from '../utils/formatter.util.js';
import { handleControllerError } from '../utils/error-handler.util.js';
import { ControllerResponse } from '../types/common.types.js';

const logger = Logger.forContext('controllers/example.controller.ts');

export interface GetDataOptions {
	param?: string;
}

export async function getData(
	options: GetDataOptions = {},
): Promise<ControllerResponse> {
	try {
		logger.debug('Getting data with options', options);

		const data = await exampleService.getData(options.param || 'default');

		const content = formatMarkdown(data);

		return { content };
	} catch (error) {
		throw handleControllerError(error, {
			entityType: 'ExampleData',
			operation: 'getData',
			source: 'controllers/example.controller.ts',
		});
	}
}

// src/tools/example.tool.ts
import { McpServer } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js';
import { z } from 'zod';
import { Logger } from '../utils/logger.util.js';
import { formatErrorForMcpTool } from '../utils/error.util.js';
import * as exampleController from '../controllers/example.controller.js';

const logger = Logger.forContext('tools/example.tool.ts');

const GetDataArgs = z.object({
	param: z.string().optional().describe('Optional parameter'),
});

type GetDataArgsType = z.infer<typeof GetDataArgs>;

async function handleGetData(args: GetDataArgsType) {
	try {
		logger.debug('Tool get_data called', args);

		const result = await exampleController.getData({
			param: args.param,
		});

		return {
			content: [{ type: 'text' as const, text: result.content }],
		};
	} catch (error) {
		logger.error('Tool get_data failed', error);
		return formatErrorForMcpTool(error);
	}
}

export function register(server: McpServer) {
	server.tool(
		'get_data',
		`Gets data from the example API, optionally using \`param\`.
Use this to fetch example data. Returns formatted data as Markdown.`,
		GetDataArgs.shape,
		handleGetData,
	);
}

// src/cli/example.cli.ts
import { program } from 'commander';
import { Logger } from '../utils/logger.util.js';
import * as exampleController from '../controllers/example.controller.js';
import { handleCliError } from '../utils/error-handler.util.js';

const logger = Logger.forContext('cli/example.cli.ts');

program
	.command('get-data')
	.description('Get example data')
	.option('--param <value>', 'Optional parameter')
	.action(async (options) => {
		try {
			logger.debug('CLI get-data called', options);

			const result = await exampleController.getData({
				param: options.param,
			});

			console.log(result.content);
		} catch (error) {
			handleCliError(error);
		}
	});

// In src/cli/index.ts
import '../cli/example.cli.js';

// In src/index.ts (for the tool)
import exampleTool from './tools/example.tool.js';
// Then in registerTools function:
exampleTool.register(server);

# Set environment variable
DEBUG=true npm run dev:server

# Or configure in ~/.mcp/configs.json

{
	"searchapi": {
		"environments": {
			"DEBUG": "true",
			"SEARCHAPI_API_KEY": "value"
		}
	}
}