About Unsplash MCP Server
Unsplash MCP Server is a Java-based MCP server for searching images on Unsplash. It is also presented as a learning example for building MCP servers with Java.
Key features
- 01Search images on Unsplash
Use cases
- 01Find an image for a document
- 02Learn MCP server development in Java
MCP support
It provides Unsplash image search through an MCP server; the README does not detail the exposed tools.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEUnsplash MCP Server
- With this mcp server, you can easily search picture from unsplash
- With this project, you can easily learn how to write MCP Server with JAVA
search two house picture from unsplash and write to the document
Feature
How to use
- Clone this project
git clone https://github.com/JavaProgrammerLB/unsplash-mcp-server.git
- Build
cd unsplash-mcp-server
mvn clean package
- Get Unsplash Access Key
- visit unsplash
- create an unsplash application
- find out the access key in unsplash application detail page
- Config MCP Server
{
"mcpServers": {
"unsplash": {
"command": "java",
"args": [
"-Dspring.ai.mcp.server.stdio=true",
"-Dspring.main.web-application-type=none",
"-Dlogging.pattern.console=",
"-jar",
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/target/unsplash-mcp-server-1.0.jar"
],
"env": {
"UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY": "${YOUR UNSPLASH ACCESS KEY}"
}
}
}
}
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