Amazon Scraper API MCP Server

Scrape Amazon products, search, and async batch ASIN lookups across 20 marketplaces

Local serverstdioPython

What is the Amazon Scraper API MCP server?

If you already use Amazon Scraper API, the amazon scraper api mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. Scrape Amazon products, search, and async batch ASIN lookups across 20 marketplaces.

What the server does

That's one prompt. Without MCP, your AI can't fetch Amazon pages (Amazon blocks LLM browsing) and has zero recency for prices and stock. With this MCP server, it calls amazon_search + amazon_product directly and comes back with structured data from Amazon Scraper API.

  • Detects and retries robot/CAPTCHA pages through escalating proxy tiers
  • Returns structured JSON (typed fields), not HTML soup
  • Supports 20+ marketplaces with country-matched residential IPs
  • Handles batch (hundreds to thousands of ASINs) with webhook delivery
  • Built-in rate-limit backoff

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • amazon_product — Fetch one product by ASIN or URL
  • amazon_search — Keyword search with sort/filter
  • amazon_batch_create — Queue up to 1000 ASINs for async scrape
  • amazon_batch_status — Poll a batch's progress

Credentials and setup notes

Configuration is passed through the environment: ASA_API_KEY, INVALID_API_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Installation

The server ships on npm as amazon-scraper-api-mcp, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

Where it fits

This sits in the search and retrieval group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Amazon Scraper API's toolset — amazon_product, amazon_search, amazon_batch_create and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by ChocoData-com; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Amazon Scraper API's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Worth knowing first

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
amazon_productFetch one product by ASIN or URL
amazon_searchKeyword search with sort/filter
amazon_batch_createQueue up to 1000 ASINs for async scrape
amazon_batch_statusPoll a batch's progress

How to install the Amazon Scraper API MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "amazon-scraper": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "amazon-scraper-api-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "ASA_API_KEY": "asa_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
ASA_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
INVALID_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Amazon Scraper API to amazon product.
  • Use Amazon Scraper API to amazon search.
  • Use Amazon Scraper API to amazon batch create.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Amazon Scraper API to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 4 tools (amazon_product, amazon_search, amazon_batch_create, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Amazon Scraper API directly.