MCP Servers

mcp-server-pexels

MCP server for the Pexels API that provides tools for searching photos and videos, retrieving curated content, and accessing featured collections. Enables natural language interaction with Pexels media search functionality.

README

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)

Prerequisites

Rust (edition 2024)
A Pexels API key from pexels.com/api

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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