Which integrations are available for this server?

Offers direct Node.js execution capabilities for the MCP server, with configuration options for connecting the XPath functionality to Node.js environments. Enables execution of XPath queries on XML content, allowing content extraction and transformation from XML documents with support for various MIME types including text/xml and application/xml.

How do I use mcp-xpath?

1. Click on "Install Server". 2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state. 3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@mcp-xpath extract all links from https://example.com using //a/@href" That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed. Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.

XPath MCP Server

Third Strand Studio

MCP Server for executing XPath queries on XML content.

Tools

xpath
- Query XML content using XPath expressions
- Inputs:
  - xml (string): The XML content to query
  - query (string): The XPath query to execute
  - mimeType (optional, string): The MIME type (e.g. text/xml, application/xml, text/html, application/xhtml+xml)
- Returns: The result of the XPath query as a string
xpathwithurl
- Fetch content from a URL and query it using XPath expressions
- Inputs:
  - url (string): The URL to fetch XML/HTML content from
  - query (string): The XPath query to execute
  - mimeType (optional, string): The MIME type (e.g. text/xml, application/xml, text/html, application/xhtml+xml)
- Returns: The result of the XPath query as a string

Related MCP server: mcp-registry-server

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install mcp-xpath for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @thirdstrandstudio/mcp-xpath --client claude

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the package
npm run build

Setup

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

npx

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xpath": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@thirdstrandstudio/mcp-xpath"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Direct Node.js

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

Replace /path/to/mcp-xpath with the actual path to your repository.

Examples

Query XML content

// Select all <item> elements from XML
const result = await callTool("xpath", {
  xml: "<root><item>value1</item><item>value2</item></root>",
  query: "//item/text()",
  mimeType: "text/xml"
});

Query HTML content

// Get all links from HTML
const result = await callTool("xpath", {
  xml: "<html><body><a href='link1.html'>Link 1</a><a href='link2.html'>Link 2</a></body></html>",
  query: "//a/@href",
  mimeType: "text/html"
});

Query URL content

// Get all links from a webpage
const result = await callTool("xpathwithurl", {
  url: "https://example.com",
  query: "//a/@href",
  mimeType: "text/html"
});

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start the server in development mode
npm start

License

This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.