mcp-rest-api vs fetch

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	mcp-rest-api by dkmaker	fetch by modelcontextprotocol
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Score	47	76
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Categories	Developer ToolsMonitoringWeb Scraping	Web ScrapingAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
Language	JavaScript	TypeScript
Last commit	1 mo ago	this month

mcp-rest-api · Summary

TypeScript MCP server for testing REST APIs through MCP clients like Cline.

fetch · Summary

An MCP server that fetches web content and converts HTML to markdown, allowing LLMs to read web pages.

mcp-rest-api · Use cases

Testing API endpoints during development
Debugging API responses and error handling
Validating API sequences and request/response formats

fetch · Use cases

LLMs reading news articles and blogs
Content analysis of web pages
Retrieving information from public websites
Chunked reading of large web documents

mcp-rest-api · Install

Installation

Install the package globally:

npm install -g dkmaker-mcp-rest-api

Configuration

Add to your MCP client configuration (example for Cline):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rest-api": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "C:/Users/<YourUsername>/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/dkmaker-mcp-rest-api/build/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "REST_BASE_URL": "https://api.example.com",
        "AUTH_BEARER": "your-token"
      }
    }
  }
}```

fetch · Install

Installation

**Using uv (recommended)** No specific installation needed. Use uvx to run the server directly:

uvx mcp-server-fetch

**Using PIP** Install via pip:

pip install mcp-server-fetch

Then run as:

python -m mcp_server_fetch

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fetch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-fetch"]
    }
  }
}

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