Pexels

Name: Pexels
Author: codechap

@codechapMCP server · External

MCP server for Pexels — search photos and videos, and browse collections

Stock mediav0.1.0Rust

Freeno charge per call

How to install

Runs on your machine from its package; the steps are below.

What it does

Reads
Writes
High impact

At most: only reads or looks up information.

What it costs

Free

Odel charges nothing per call. The publisher may charge for its own service.

Runs locally

This server runs on your machine over stdio, but its source registry didn't list a distribution package. Check the source repository for setup instructions.

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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

bash

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

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

toml

api_key = "your-pexels-api-key"

Build

bash

cargo build --release

Produces target/release/mcp-server-pexels.

MCP configuration

json

{
  "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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