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// In Cursor MCP settings
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scrapingbee": {
      "url": "https://mcp.scrapingbee.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <your_api_key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect Claude Desktop

Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, enter the URL below, then in the Request headers section add an Authorization header with the value Bearer <your_api_key> (including the space). Header authentication for connectors is in beta and still rolling out — if you don't see Request headers yet, use Claude Code below.

https://mcp.scrapingbee.com/mcp

Using Claude Code instead? One command:

claude mcp add --transport http scrapingbee https://mcp.scrapingbee.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer <your_api_key>"

Connect ChatGPT

ChatGPT's in-app connector settings currently support only OAuth or no authentication, so the API key header cannot be set there. Connect through the OpenAI API instead, passing the key as an Authorization header:

// OpenAI Responses API "mcp" tool
{
  "type": "mcp",
  "server_label": "scrapingbee",
  "server_url": "https://mcp.scrapingbee.com/mcp",
  "headers": {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <your_api_key>"
  }
}

Connect from Python

Use the official mcp Python SDK with its Streamable HTTP client:

import asyncio
from mcp import ClientSession
from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamablehttp_client

async def main():
    url = "https://mcp.scrapingbee.com/mcp"
    auth = {"Authorization": "Bearer <your_api_key>"}
    async with streamablehttp_client(url, headers=auth) as (read, write, _):
        async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
            await session.initialize()
            tools = await session.list_tools()
            print(tools)

asyncio.run(main())