Tripadvisor MCP Server

A (MCP) server for Tripadvisor Content API.

This provides access to Tripadvisor location data, reviews, and photos through standardized MCP interfaces, allowing AI assistants to search for travel destinations and experiences.

Features

• Search for locations (hotels, restaurants, attractions) on Tripadvisor

• Get detailed information about specific locations

• Retrieve reviews and photos for locations

• Search for nearby locations based on coordinates

• API Key authentication

• Docker containerization support

• Provide interactive tools for AI assistants

The list of tools is configurable, so you can choose which tools you want to make available to the MCP client.

Related MCP server: mcp-llm

Usage

1. Get your Tripadvisor Content API key from the Tripadvisor Developer Portal.

2. Configure the environment variables for your Tripadvisor Content API, either through a .env file or system environment variables:

# Required: Tripadvisor Content API configuration
TRIPADVISOR_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

3. Add the server configuration to your client configuration file. For example, for Claude Desktop:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tripadvisor": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "<full path to tripadvisor-mcp directory>",
        "run",
        "src/tripadvisor_mcp/main.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRIPADVISOR_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note: if you see Error: spawn uv ENOENT in Claude Desktop, you may need to specify the full path to uv or set the environment variable NO_UV=1 in the configuration.

Docker Usage

This project includes Docker support for easy deployment and isolation.

Building the Docker Image

Build the Docker image using:

docker build -t tripadvisor-mcp-server .

Running with Docker

You can run the server using Docker in several ways:

Using docker run directly:

docker run -it --rm \
  -e TRIPADVISOR_API_KEY=your_api_key_here \
  tripadvisor-mcp-server

Using docker-compose:

Create a .env file with your Tripadvisor API key and then run:

docker-compose up

Running with Docker in Claude Desktop

To use the containerized server with Claude Desktop, update the configuration to use Docker with the environment variables:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tripadvisor": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "-e", "TRIPADVISOR_API_KEY",
        "tripadvisor-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRIPADVISOR_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

This configuration passes the environment variables from Claude Desktop to the Docker container by using the -e flag with just the variable name, and providing the actual values in the env object.

Development

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request if you have any suggestions or improvements.

This project uses uv to manage dependencies. Install uv following the instructions for your platform:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

You can then create a virtual environment and install the dependencies with:

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Unix/macOS
.venv\Scripts\activate     # On Windows
uv pip install -e .

Project Structure

The project has been organized with a src directory structure:

tripadvisor-mcp/
├── src/
│   └── tripadvisor_mcp/
│       ├── __init__.py      # Package initialization
│       ├── server.py        # MCP server implementation
│       ├── main.py          # Main application logic
├── Dockerfile               # Docker configuration
├── docker-compose.yml       # Docker Compose configuration
├── .dockerignore            # Docker ignore file
├── pyproject.toml           # Project configuration
└── README.md                # This file

Testing

The project includes a test suite that ensures functionality and helps prevent regressions.

Run the tests with pytest:

# Install development dependencies
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run the tests
pytest

# Run with coverage report
pytest --cov=src --cov-report=term-missing

Tools

License

MIT