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Swagger MCP Server

Swagger MCP Server

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github.com/dcolleyDeveloper Tools116Updated 17w ago

About Swagger MCP Server

Swagger MCP Server loads Swagger/OpenAPI specifications and serves them over MCP, generating MCP tools from API endpoints. The README describes it as a personal server and advises against exposing it to the public internet.

Key features

  1. 01Loads Swagger and OpenAPI specification files
  2. 02Supports Basic, Bearer, API Key and OAuth2 auth
  3. 03Generates MCP tools from API endpoints
  4. 04Server-Sent Events for real-time communication
  5. 05Written in TypeScript

Use cases

  1. 01Letting MCP clients call an existing REST API
  2. 02Serving an internal API as MCP tools on a local machine

MCP support

The server turns Swagger/OpenAPI endpoints into MCP tools and communicates with MCP clients through the /sse and /messages endpoints.

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

No install method listed yet

We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.

Repository

Tools

No tool list yet

Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.

Details

From the project README

Swagger MCP Server

A server that ingests and serves Swagger/OpenAPI specifications through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Features

  • Loads Swagger/OpenAPI specifications
  • Supports multiple authentication methods:
    • Basic Auth
    • Bearer Token
    • API Key (header or query)
    • OAuth2
  • Automatically generates MCP tools from API endpoints
  • Server-Sent Events (SSE) support for real-time communication
  • TypeScript support

Security

This is a personal server!! Do not expose it to the public internet. If the underlying API requires authentication, you should not expose the MCP server to the public internet.

TODO

  • secrets - the MCP server should be able to use secrets from the user to authenticate requests to the API
  • Comprehensive test suite

Prerequisites

  • Node.js (v18 or higher)
  • Yarn package manager
  • TypeScript

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/dcolley/swagger-mcp.git
cd swagger-mcp
  1. Install dependencies:
yarn install
  1. Create a .env file based on the example:
cp .env.example .env
  1. Configure your Swagger/OpenAPI specification:

    • Place your Swagger file in the project (e.g., swagger.json)
    • Or provide a URL to your Swagger specification
  2. Update the configuration in config.json with your server settings:

{
  "server": {
    "host": "localhost",
    "port": 3000
  },
  "swagger": {
    "url": "url-or-path/to/your/swagger.json",
    "apiBaseUrl": "https://api.example.com",  // Fallback if not specified in Swagger
    "defaultAuth": {  // Fallback if not specified in Swagger
      "type": "apiKey",
      "apiKey": "your-api-key",
      "apiKeyName": "api_key",
      "apiKeyIn": "header"
    }
  }
}

Note: The server prioritizes settings from the Swagger specification over the config file:

  • If the Swagger file contains a servers array, the first server URL will be used as the base URL
  • If the Swagger file defines security schemes, they will be used for authentication
  • The config file settings serve as fallbacks when not specified in the Swagger file

Usage

  1. Start the development server:
yarn dev
  1. Build for production:
yarn build
  1. Start the production server:
yarn start

API Endpoints

  • GET /health - Check server health status
  • GET /sse - Establish Server-Sent Events connection
  • POST /messages - Send messages to the MCP server

Testing

Run the test suite:

# Run tests once
yarn test

# Run tests in watch mode
yarn test:watch

# Run tests with coverage report
yarn test:coverage

Authentication

The server supports various authentication methods. Configure them in the config.json file as fallbacks when not specified in the Swagger file:

Basic Auth
{
  "defaultAuth": {
    "type": "basic",
    "username": "your-username",
    "password": "your-password"
  }
}
Bearer Token
{
  "defaultAuth": {
    "type": "bearer",
    "token": "your-bearer-token"
  }
}
API Key
{
  "defaultAuth": {
    "type": "apiKey",
    "apiKey": "your-api-key",
    "apiKeyName": "X-API-Key",
    "apiKeyIn": "header"
  }
}
OAuth2
{
  "defaultAuth": {
    "type": "oauth2",
    "token": "your-oauth-token"
  }
}

Development

  1. Start the development server:
yarn dev

License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.

Environment Variables

  • PORT: Server port (default: 3000)
  • API_USERNAME: Username for API authentication (fallback)
  • API_PASSWORD: Password for API authentication (fallback)
  • API_TOKEN: API token for authentication (fallback)
  • DEFAULT_API_BASE_URL: Default base URL for API endpoints (fallback)
  • DEFAULT_SWAGGER_URL: Default Swagger specification URL

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