MCP API Requester

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables LLMs to make arbitrary HTTP API requests (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.) with custom headers and bodies. Works with Claude Desktop and other MCP-compatible AI tools.

Features

• 🌐 HTTP Operations: Make any HTTP request (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, etc.)

• 🔧 Custom Configuration: Full control over headers, query parameters, and request body

• 📄 JSON Support: Native handling of JSON request and response bodies

• 🛠 Robust Error Handling: Returns 4xx/5xx responses as structured data instead of failing, allowing the LLM to inspect errors

• 🔒 Safe Execution: Useful for testing APIs, webhooks, and interacting with external services

Related MCP server: Web Request MCP Server

Installation

Using npx (Recommended)

No installation needed! Just configure Claude Desktop to use npx:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "api-requester": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "github:yryuu/mcp-api-requester"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Local Installation

git clone <repository-url>
cd mcp-api-requester
npm install
npm run build

Configuration

Claude Desktop

Edit your Claude Desktop configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add the server configuration:

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

Available Tools

make_request

Make an arbitrary HTTP request.

Parameters:

• url (string): The full URL to make the request to.

• method (string): HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, etc.). Defaults to GET.

• headers (object, optional): Key-value pairs of HTTP headers.

• params (object, optional): Key-value pairs of URL query parameters.

• cookies (object, optional): Key-value pairs of cookies to be included in the request.

• body (object/string, optional): The request body. Content-Type header should match this body.

Example (GET):

Make a GET request to https://api.example.com/users?id=123

Example (POST):

POST to https://api.example.com/data with content-type application/json and body {"key": "value"}

Example (Cookies):

Make a GET request to https://api.example.com/profile with cookies {"session": "abc", "theme": "dark"}

Development

Setup

cd mcp-api-requester
npm install

Build

npm run build

Testing

Run the included manual test script:

npm test

Note: uses tsx to run the TypeScript test file directly.

Debugging

Use the MCP Inspector to test the server:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.js

Security

• Warning: This tool enables the LLM to make requests to any URL you provide or it discovers.

• Ensure you only use this in a trusted environment.

• Be cautious when asking the LLM to interact with sensitive APIs or internal services.

License

MIT

Author

yryuu