UseScraper MCP server

The UseScraper MCP server provides web scraping capabilities using the UseScraper API, allowing you to extract content from web pages in various formats through a single 'scrape' tool.

Features

Scrape Tool

• Extract content from a webpage with the following parameters:
  • url (required): The URL of the webpage to scrape
  • format (optional): The format to save the content (text, html, markdown). Default: markdown
  • advanced_proxy (optional): Use advanced proxy to circumvent bot detection. Default: false
  • extract_object (optional): Object specifying data to extract

Installation

Installing via Smithery

The easiest way to install UseScraper for Claude Desktop is via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install usescraper-server --client claude

Manual Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-repo/usescraper-server.git
   cd usescraper-server
   

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Build the server:

   npm run build
   

Configuration

To use with Claude Desktop, you need to add server configuration to your config file:

On MacOS:

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

On Windows:

%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Add the following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usescraper-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/usescraper-server/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "USESCRAPER_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Make sure to:

• Replace /path/to/usescraper-server with the actual path to the server
• Set your-api-key-here to your actual UseScraper API key

Usage Examples

Once configured, you can use the 'scrape' tool through the MCP interface:

Basic Scraping

To scrape a website and get the content in markdown format:

{
  "name": "scrape",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "format": "markdown"
  }
}

Using Advanced Proxy

For websites with bot detection:

{
  "name": "scrape",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "format": "text",
    "advanced_proxy": true
  }
}

Extracting Specific Data

To extract specific elements from a webpage:

{
  "name": "scrape",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "extract_object": {
      "title": ".article-title",
      "content": ".article-body",
      "date": ".publish-date"
    }
  }
}

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "usescraper-server" '{"command":"node","args":["/path/to/usescraper-server/build/index.js"],"env":{"USESCRAPER_API_KEY":"your-api-key-here"}}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "usescraper-server": {
            "command": "node",
            "args": [
                "/path/to/usescraper-server/build/index.js"
            ],
            "env": {
                "USESCRAPER_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
            }
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "usescraper-server": {
            "command": "node",
            "args": [
                "/path/to/usescraper-server/build/index.js"
            ],
            "env": {
                "USESCRAPER_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect