MCP Http Server

📋 Project Overview

MCP Http Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implemented based on the Python httpx library. It supports HTTP request operations via a REST API, including various methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE, aiming to simplify integration with various Web APIs.

🚀 Quick Start

Dependencies

• Python 3.x
• httpx library
• uv (recommended package manager)

Installation and Startup

Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/one-matrix/mcp-http.git
cd mcp-http-server

Please replace one-matrix with the actual username or project URL.

Install dependencies

Using uv (recommended):

uv pip install .

Or using pip:

pip install .

Start the server

Please add the actual startup command in your project, e.g., python server.py or uv run server.py.

🛠️ Available Tools

This service provides the following core tools for Web API interaction:

1. http_get

• Description: Executes a GET request to the specified URL.
• Parameters:
  • url (str): The target URL, e.g., https://api.example.com/data.
  • params (dict, optional): A dictionary of URL query parameters.
• Returns: Status code (int) and response content (str).

2. http_post

• Description: Executes a POST request to the specified URL, optionally with a data body.
• Parameters:
  • url (str): The target URL.
  • params (dict, optional): A dictionary of URL query parameters.
  • body (dict, optional): A dictionary for the JSON request body.
  • headers (dict, optional): Request headers. Defaults to include Content-Type: application/json.
• Returns: Status code (int) and response content (str).

3. http_put

• Description: Executes a PUT request to the specified URL, optionally with a data body.
• Parameters:
  • url (str): The target URL.
  • params (dict, optional): A dictionary of URL query parameters.
  • body (dict, optional): A dictionary for the JSON request body.
  • headers (dict, optional): Request headers. Defaults to include Content-Type: application/json.
• Returns: Status code (int) and response content (str).

4. http_delete

• Description: Executes a DELETE request to the specified URL.
• Parameters:
  • url (str): The target URL.
  • params (dict, optional): A dictionary of URL query parameters.
• Returns: Status code (int) and response content (str).

The original document described this as a "status code string"; typically, the status code is an integer, and the response content might be empty or a simple confirmation message. This has been adjusted for consistency.

🤝 Integration with Claude Desktop

You can integrate this MCP Http Server with Claude Desktop.

Method 1: Using uv to start

Add the following configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-httpx": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/one-matrix/mcp-http", // Replace with the path to the parent directory of the mcp-http-server project
        "run",
        "mcp-http" // Replace with the actual server startup script
      ]
    }
  }
}

or you can install : uv pip install mcp-http

{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-httpx": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "--from", "git+https://github.com/one-matrix/mcp-http", "mcp-http" ] } } }

{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-httpx": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "run", "-m", "mcp_http" ] } } }

Example

📜 License

This project is open-sourced under the MIT License. You are free to use, modify, and distribute this software. For specific terms, please refer to the LICENSE file in the project repository.