Supadata MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that integrates with Supadata for video transcript extraction, web scraping, crawling, and site discovery.

Features

• Video transcript extraction from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and file URLs
• Web scraping, crawling, and URL discovery
• Media metadata retrieval from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter
• AI-powered structured data extraction from video content
• Automatic retries and rate limiting

Installation

For setup instructions for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, and other clients, see the integration guide.

Configuration

Environment Variables

• SUPADATA_API_KEY: Your Supadata API key

System Configuration

The server includes configurable retry and rate limiting parameters:

const CONFIG = {
  retry: {
    maxAttempts: 3,           // Number of retry attempts
    initialDelay: 1000,       // Initial delay (milliseconds)
    maxDelay: 10000,          // Maximum delay between retries (milliseconds)
    backoffFactor: 2          // Exponential backoff multiplier
  }
};

How to Choose a Tool

Select the right tool based on your needs:

• Transcript: Extract video transcripts from platforms and file URLs
• Scrape: Extract content from a single page when you know the exact URL
• Map: Discover all available URLs on a website
• Crawl: Extract content from multiple related pages comprehensively
• Metadata: Fetch metadata from media URLs (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter)
• Extract: Extract structured data from video content using AI

Available Tools

Transcript (supadata_transcript)

Extract transcripts from supported video platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter) and file URLs.

Usage:

supadata_transcript --url "https://youtube.com/watch?v=example" --lang "en"

Check Transcript Status (supadata_check_transcript_status)

Check the progress of a transcript extraction job using the job ID.

Usage:

supadata_check_transcript_status --id "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

Metadata (supadata_metadata)

Fetch metadata from a media URL on supported platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter). Returns platform info, title, description, author details, engagement stats, media details, tags, and creation date.

Usage:

supadata_metadata --url "https://youtube.com/watch?v=example"

Extract (supadata_extract)

Extract structured data from a video URL using AI. Provide a prompt for what to extract, a JSON Schema for the output format, or both. Returns a job ID for async processing.

Usage:

supadata_extract --url "https://youtube.com/watch?v=example" --prompt "Extract the main topics discussed"

Check Extract Status (supadata_check_extract_status)

Check the progress of an extract job using the job ID.

Usage:

supadata_check_extract_status --id "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

Scrape (supadata_scrape)

Extract content from a single URL with advanced options.

Usage:

supadata_scrape --url "https://example.com" --lang "en"

Map (supadata_map)

Discover all indexed URLs on a website to find relevant pages before scraping.

Usage:

supadata_map --url "https://example.com"

Crawl (supadata_crawl)

Start an asynchronous crawl job to extract content from multiple pages on a site.

Usage:

supadata_crawl --url "https://example.com/blog" --limit 100

Check Crawl Status (supadata_check_crawl_status)

Check the progress of a crawl job using the job ID.

Usage:

supadata_check_crawl_status --id "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build
npm run build

# Run tests
npm test

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch
3. Run tests: npm test
4. Submit a pull request

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details