OpenAPI Context Bridge Server

Synopsis

• This utility installs the 'Model Context Protocol Server' component, which furnishes configured access to RESTful Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to Intelligent Language Models (LLMs).
• Its deployment enables LLMs to interface with REST endpoints and issue API requests purely through natural language prompts.
• Current supported methods for remote procedure invocation are GET, PUT, POST, and PATCH.

Deployment Guide

• Install the required package: bash pip install openapi_mcp_server

• Establish a configuration file named .env in your working directory, specifying mandatory values for OPENAPI_SPEC_PATH and API_BASE_URL. A template file can be referenced here.

• Initiate the openapi_mcp_server service using the command uv run openapi_mcp_server from the location of your .env file.

Configuration for Claud Desktop Integration

• Parameters for Claud Desktop environment setup:

{ "mcpServers": { "openapi_mcp_server":{ "command": "uv", "args": ["run","openapi_mcp_server"] "env": { "DEBUG":"1", "API_BASE_URL":"https://petstore.swagger.io/v2", "OPENAPI_SPEC_PATH":"https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/swagger.json", "API_HEADERS":"Accept:application/json", "API_WHITE_LIST":"addPet,updatePet,findPetsByStatus" } } } }

Parameterization Reference

• Available runtime variables for customization:
• DEBUG: Activates verbose logging output (optional; defaults to False).
• OPENAPI_SPEC_PATH: Pointer to the OpenAPI (Swagger) definition file. (Mandatory)
• API_BASE_URL: The root URI for all outbound service calls. (Mandatory)
• API_HEADERS: Custom HTTP request headers to be appended to outgoing calls (optional).
• API_WHITE_LIST: A delimited set of operationId values permitted for execution (optional).
• API_BLACK_LIST: A delimited set of operationId values explicitly forbidden for execution (optional).
• HTTP_PROXY: Configuration details for tunneling HTTP traffic (optional).
• HTTPS_PROXY: Configuration details for tunneling HTTPS traffic (optional).
• NO_PROXY: List of hostnames/domains exempt from proxy usage (optional).

Collaboration Guidelines

We welcome external contributions. Kindly submit a Pull Request for your proposed enhancements.

Licensing Information

This software is distributed under the stipulations of the MIT License.

Repository Engagement Metrics

Supplementary Information (Development Workflow)

UV Toolchain Operations

bash mkdir -m777 openapi_mcp_server cd openapi_mcp_server uv init uv add mcp[cli] pydantic python-dotenv requests uv add --dev twine setuptools uv sync uv run openapi_mcp_server uv build pip install --force-reinstall --no-deps .\dist\openapi_mcp_server-fileversion.whl export TWINE_USERNAME="rahgadda" export TWINE_USERNAME="<>" uv run twine upload --verbose dist/*

Related Concepts

• UV Project Management Tool Overview

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