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mcp-server-pexels

by codeChap

mcp-server-pexels

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for the Pexels API. Built in Rust, exposes photo search, video search, and curated/featured content as MCP tools.

Communicates via stdio using JSON-RPC 2.0.

Tools

Tool

Description

search_photos

Search photos by query with optional orientation/size/color/locale filters

curated_photos

Get a paginated list of curated, hand-picked photos

get_photo

Retrieve a single photo by ID

search_videos

Search videos by query with optional orientation/size/locale filters

popular_videos

Get popular videos with optional dimension and duration filters

get_video

Retrieve a single video by ID

featured_collections

List featured collections (themed sets of media)

collection_media

List media in a specific collection (filterable by photos/videos)

Related MCP server: pexels-mcp-server

Prerequisites

Setup

mkdir -p ~/.config/mcp-server-pexels

Create ~/.config/mcp-server-pexels/config.toml:

api_key = "your-pexels-api-key"

Build

cargo build --release

Produces target/release/mcp-server-pexels.

MCP configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pexels": {
      "command": "/path/to/mcp-server-pexels"
    }
  }
}

Project structure

src/
  main.rs    - entry point, config loading, stdio transport
  server.rs  - MCP tool definitions
  api.rs     - Pexels HTTP client and response types
  params.rs  - tool parameter types
  config.rs  - TOML config loading

License

MIT

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