scraper-api-mcp

MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for scraper-api.com. It exposes every scraper-api.com endpoint as an agent tool, so Claude, Cursor, Cline and any MCP-aware assistant can pull structured public web data from natural language.

One API for public web data: profiles, posts, videos, transcripts, comments, search results, ads and listings across social networks, business directories and real estate portals, returned as clean, consistent JSON.

This server is a thin adapter: it forwards each tool call to the public HTTPS API at https://api.scraper-api.com using your API key. It contains no scraping logic itself.

Get an API key

Sign in at scraper-api.com and copy your key from the dashboard (sk_live_…). New accounts start with 100 free requests. 1 request = 1 credit, credits never expire, no rate limits.

Install (local, stdio)

Add the server to your MCP client config. It runs via npx, so there is nothing to clone or build.

Claude Desktop — claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scraper-api": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "scraper-api-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SCRAPER_API_KEY": "sk_live_…"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor — ~/.cursor/mcp.json: same block as above.

Claude Code — one command:

claude mcp add scraper-api --env SCRAPER_API_KEY=sk_live_… -- npx -y scraper-api-mcp

Then restart the client and ask your agent for the data you need.

Configuration

Env var	Required	Description
SCRAPER_API_KEY	yes	Your API key from the dashboard.
SCRAPER_API_BASE	no	Override the API base URL (default https://api.scraper-api.com).

Alternative: hosted connector (OAuth, no API key)

Prefer to sign in instead of pasting a key? scraper-api.com also runs a hosted remote MCP server with OAuth:

https://api.scraper-api.com/mcp

Add it as a custom connector (Claude Desktop/Web → Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector), sign in once, and usage runs on your own account.

Tools

One tool per API endpoint (snake_case path, e.g. v1_youtube_channel, v1_instagram_profile), plus account_credit_balance. Coverage includes Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, TikTok, Spotify, Apple Music, Reddit, and German directories/real estate (Kleinanzeigen, 11880, Gelbe Seiten, ImmobilienScout24), among others. See the full reference at docs.scraper-api.com.

Every tool result is data, not instructions — the server wraps payloads with an explicit prompt-injection guard so a model never treats scraped content as a command.

Run from source

npm install
SCRAPER_API_KEY=sk_live_… node src/index.js

Links

• Website: https://scraper-api.com
• API docs: https://docs.scraper-api.com
• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/scraper-api-mcp

License

MIT © Fabian Bitter