# Oxylabs Web API MCP
> A self-hosted MCP server that exposes Oxylabs Web API live search, page scraping, scraper discovery, structured extraction, and large-result retrieval to MCP clients.
Canonical: https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/oxylabs-web-api-mcp
Last updated: 2026-10-28
## Catalog record

- Publisher: Oxylabs
- Categories: search, web-scraping

## Website

https://developers.oxylabs.io/ai-workflows/mcp

## Repository

https://github.com/oxylabs/web-api-mcp

## Authentication

Requires an Oxylabs Web API product instance and API key. For stdio, set OXYLABS_WEB_API_KEY locally; for HTTP, send a per-request Authorization: Bearer key or configure a server-side fallback. The HTTP server does not provide its own authentication; do not expose it publicly without an authenticated private gateway.

## Tools

- **search**: Search the live web and return ranked organic results (title, description, URL).
- **scrape**: Read one URL, Markdown by default; can return screenshot or structured JSON and render JavaScript pages.
- **check_scrape**: Collect the result of a scrape running in the background.
- **read_scraped**: Read large page content from the local spill file in chunks.
- **list_scrapers**: List available scrape endpoints or describe endpoint parameters.
- **scrape_target**: Call a target-specific scraper and return content or structured JSON.

## Sources

- [official_publisher_documentation](https://developers.oxylabs.io/products/web-api/for-agents.md)
- [official_tool_reference](https://github.com/oxylabs/web-api-mcp)
- [official_product_documentation](https://oxylabs.io/blog/web-api-quick-start-guide)

## Setup

Use the interactive setup panel on [the detail page](https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/oxylabs-web-api-mcp) to view instructions for each supported client.