goswamig fetch mcp

This MCP server provides functionality to fetch web content in various formats, including HTML, JSON, plain text, and Markdown.

• fetch_html

  • Fetch a website and return the content as HTML
  • Input:
    • url (string, required): URL of the website to fetch
    • headers (object, optional): Custom headers to include in the request
  • Returns the raw HTML content of the webpage

• fetch_json

  • Fetch a JSON file from a URL
  • Input:
    • url (string, required): URL of the JSON to fetch
    • headers (object, optional): Custom headers to include in the request
  • Returns the parsed JSON content

• fetch_txt

  • Fetch a website and return the content as plain text (no HTML)
  • Input:
    • url (string, required): URL of the website to fetch
    • headers (object, optional): Custom headers to include in the request
  • Returns the text content of the webpage with HTML tags, scripts, and styles removed

• fetch_markdown

  • Fetch a website and return the content as Markdown
  • Input:
    • url (string, required): URL of the website to fetch
    • headers (object, optional): Custom headers to include in the request
  • Returns the content of the webpage converted to Markdown format

This server does not provide any persistent resources. It's designed to fetch and transform web content on demand.

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Build the server: npm run build

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

npx -y @smithery/cli install @goswamig/fetch-mcp --client claude

To use the server, you can run it directly:

npm start

This will start the Fetch MCP Server running on stdio.

To integrate this server with a desktop app, add the following to your app's server configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fetch": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "{ABSOLUTE PATH TO FILE HERE}/dist/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

• Fetches web content using modern fetch API
• Supports custom headers for requests
• Provides content in multiple formats: HTML, JSON, plain text, and Markdown
• Uses JSDOM for HTML parsing and text extraction
• Uses TurndownService for HTML to Markdown conversion

• Run npm run dev to start the TypeScript compiler in watch mode
• Use npm test to run the test suite

This project is licensed under the MIT License.