Oxylabs MCP Server
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Enables AI models to access, render, and extract clean, structured data from any website through a single API.
Oxylabs MCP Server Overview
What is Oxylabs MCP Server about?
Oxylabs MCP Server acts as a bridge between AI models and the live web, allowing models to scrape URLs, render JavaScript‑heavy pages, bypass anti‑scraping protections, and retrieve geo‑restricted content in JSON or Markdown formats.
How to use Oxylabs MCP Server?
- Obtain credentials – either an Oxylabs Web Scraper API username/password, an Oxylabs AI Studio API key, or both.
- Set environment variables (
OXYLABS_USERNAME,OXYLABS_PASSWORD,OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY, optionalLOG_LEVEL). - Run the server using the provided package (e.g., via
uvx oxylabs-mcporuv run oxylabs-mcp). - Call the exposed tools via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) – tools such as
universal_scraper,google_search_scraper,ai_scraper,ai_crawler, etc. - Receive structured responses and optional notification messages for job status and errors.
Key Features of Oxylabs MCP Server
- Unified toolset: Web Scraper API tools and AI Studio tools can be used together or separately.
- JavaScript rendering with headless Chrome for SPA sites.
- Automatic data cleaning – HTML to Markdown/JSON conversion.
- Geo‑IP rotation covering 195+ countries.
- Built‑in parsers for Google, Amazon, and other popular targets.
- Robust error handling and rate‑limit management.
- Cross‑platform support (macOS, Windows, Linux).
- Flexible configuration via uvx, uv, Smithery OAuth2 or query‑parameter URLs.
Use Cases of Oxylabs MCP Server
- LLM‑powered research: Summarise up‑to‑date information from news sites, forums, or product pages.
- E‑commerce intelligence: Extract product listings, prices, and reviews from Amazon or other marketplaces.
- Competitive analysis: Pull SEO data, SERP results, and marketing copy from competitor websites.
- Data enrichment: Clean and transform raw HTML into AI‑ready JSON/Markdown for vector databases.
- Automation workflows: Integrate with agents like Claude Desktop or Cursor AI to fetch live web data on‑the‑fly.
FAQ
Q: Which credentials are required? A: Provide either Web Scraper API username/password, an AI Studio API key, or both. The server will expose the corresponding tool groups automatically.
Q: Can I use the server without JavaScript rendering? A: Yes – you can choose HTML‑only mode via the tool parameters; rendering is only performed when needed.
Q: How are rate limits handled? A: The server includes built‑in rate‑limiting and request‑management logic that respects Oxylabs API limits and retries on temporary failures.
Q: Is there a way to see job progress?
A: The server emits notifications/message events with log levels (info, error) showing job creation, status updates, and errors.
Q: What if I don’t have Oxylabs credentials? A: Remove the corresponding environment variable placeholders; otherwise the server will expose non‑functional tools.
Oxylabs MCP Server's README
📖 Overview
The Oxylabs MCP server provides a bridge between AI models and the web. It enables them to scrape any URL, render JavaScript-heavy pages, extract and format content for AI use, bypass anti-scraping measures, and access geo-restricted web data from 195+ countries.
🛠️ MCP Tools
Oxylabs MCP provides two sets of tools that can be used together or independently:
Oxylabs Web Scraper API Tools
- universal_scraper: Uses Oxylabs Web Scraper API for general website scraping;
- google_search_scraper: Uses Oxylabs Web Scraper API to extract results from Google Search;
- amazon_search_scraper: Uses Oxylabs Web Scraper API to scrape Amazon search result pages;
- amazon_product_scraper: Uses Oxylabs Web Scraper API to extract data from individual Amazon product pages.
Oxylabs AI Studio Tools
- ai_scraper: Scrape content from any URL in JSON or Markdown format with AI-powered data extraction;
- ai_crawler: Based on a prompt, crawls a website and collects data in Markdown or JSON format across multiple pages;
- ai_browser_agent: Based on prompt, controls a browser and returns data in Markdown, JSON, HTML, or screenshot formats;
- ai_search: Search the web for URLs and their contents with AI-powered content extraction.
✅ Prerequisites
Before you begin, make sure you have at least one of the following:
- Oxylabs Web Scraper API Account: Obtain your username and password from Oxylabs (1-week free trial available);
- Oxylabs AI Studio API Key: Obtain your API key from Oxylabs AI Studio. (1000 credits free).
📦 Configuration
Environment variables
Oxylabs MCP server supports the following environment variables:
| Name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
OXYLABS_USERNAME |
Your Oxylabs Web Scraper API username | |
OXYLABS_PASSWORD |
Your Oxylabs Web Scraper API password | |
OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY |
Your Oxylabs AI Studio API key | |
LOG_LEVEL |
Log level for the logs returned to the client | INFO |
Based on provided credentials, the server will automatically expose the corresponding tools:
- If only
OXYLABS_USERNAMEandOXYLABS_PASSWORDare provided, the server will expose the Web Scraper API tools; - If only
OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEYis provided, the server will expose the AI Studio tools; - If both
OXYLABS_USERNAMEandOXYLABS_PASSWORDandOXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEYare provided, the server will expose all tools.
❗❗❗ Important note: if you don't have Web Scraper API or Oxylabs AI studio credentials, delete the corresponding environment variables placeholders. Leaving placeholder values will result in exposed tools that do not work.
Configure with uvx
- Install the uvx package manager:
OR:# macOS and Linux curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh# Windows powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex" - Use the following config:
{ "mcpServers": { "oxylabs": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["oxylabs-mcp"], "env": { "OXYLABS_USERNAME": "OXYLABS_USERNAME", "OXYLABS_PASSWORD": "OXYLABS_PASSWORD", "OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY": "OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY" } } } }
Configure with uv
-
Install the uv package manager:
# macOS and Linux curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | shOR:
# Windows powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex" -
Use the following config:
{ "mcpServers": { "oxylabs": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/<Absolute-path-to-folder>/oxylabs-mcp", "run", "oxylabs-mcp" ], "env": { "OXYLABS_USERNAME": "OXYLABS_USERNAME", "OXYLABS_PASSWORD": "OXYLABS_PASSWORD", "OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY": "OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY" } } } }
Configure with Smithery Oauth2
- Go to https://smithery.ai/server/@oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp;
- Click Auto to install the Oxylabs MCP configuration for the respective client;
- OR use the following config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"oxylabs": {
"url": "https://server.smithery.ai/@oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp/mcp"
}
}
}
- Follow the instructions to authenticate Oxylabs MCP with Oauth2 flow
Configure with Smithery query parameters
In case your client does not support the Oauth2 authentication, you can pass the Oxylabs authentication parameters directly in url
{
"mcpServers": {
"oxylabs": {
"url": "https://server.smithery.ai/@oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp/mcp?oxylabsUsername=OXYLABS_USERNAME&oxylabsPassword=OXYLABS_PASSWORD&oxylabsAiStudioApiKey=OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY"
}
}
}
Manual Setup with Claude Desktop
Navigate to Claude → Settings → Developer → Edit Config and add one of the configurations above to the claude_desktop_config.json file.
Manual Setup with Cursor AI
Navigate to Cursor → Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP. Click Add new global MCP server and add one of the configurations above.
📝 Logging
Server provides additional information about the tool calls in notification/message events
{
"method": "notifications/message",
"params": {
"level": "info",
"data": "Create job with params: {\"url\": \"https://ip.oxylabs.io\"}"
}
}
{
"method": "notifications/message",
"params": {
"level": "info",
"data": "Job info: job_id=7333113830223918081 job_status=done"
}
}
{
"method": "notifications/message",
"params": {
"level": "error",
"data": "Error: request to Oxylabs API failed"
}
}
🛡️ License
Distributed under the MIT License – see LICENSE for details.
About Oxylabs
Established in 2015, Oxylabs is a market-leading web intelligence collection platform, driven by the highest business, ethics, and compliance standards, enabling companies worldwide to unlock data-driven insights.
✨ Key Features
- Extract data from any URL, including complex single-page applications
- Fully render dynamic websites using headless browser support
- Choose full JavaScript rendering, HTML-only, or none
- Emulate Mobile and Desktop viewports for realistic rendering
- Automatically clean and convert HTML to Markdown for improved readability
- Use automated parsers for popular targets like Google, Amazon, and more
- Bypass sophisticated bot protection systems with high success rate
- Reliably scrape even the most complex websites
- Get automatically rotating IPs from a proxy pool covering 195+ countries
- Set rendering and parsing options if needed
- Feed data directly into AI models or analytics tools
- Works on macOS, Windows, and Linux
- Comprehensive error handling and reporting
- Smart rate limiting and request management
Why Oxylabs MCP? 🕸️ ➜ 📦 ➜ 🤖
Imagine telling your LLM "Summarise the latest Hacker News discussion about GPT‑5" – and it simply answers.
MCP (Multi‑Client Proxy) makes that happen by doing the boring parts for you:
| What Oxylabs MCP does | Why it matters to you |
|---|---|
| Bypasses anti‑bot walls with the Oxylabs global proxy network | Keeps you unblocked and anonymous |
| Renders JavaScript in headless Chrome | Single‑page apps, sorted |
| Cleans HTML → JSON | Drop straight into vector DBs or prompts |
| Optional structured parsers (Google, Amazon, etc.) | One‑line access to popular targets |
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- Author
- oxylabs
- Category
- Web Scraping
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT License
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- 64
- Updated
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