brightdata_unlock
Pack: bright-data · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bright-data/mcp
Fetch any URL through Bright Data Web Unlocker — rotating residential proxies with automatic anti-bot bypass and CAPTCHA solving, built for the hardest-to-scrape sites (Cloudflare, PerimeterX, Akamai fronted). Returns the page content with status and length; large pages are truncated. Calls proxy the fetch synchronously and can take 10-30 seconds. BYOK: Bright Data API token via _apiKey + a Web Unlocker zone configured in your dashboard (first zone is auto-named “web_unlocker1”); pay-per-request pricing on the Bright Data side. Example: brightdata_unlock({ url: “https://example.com”, _apiKey: “your-brightdata-token” })
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url | string | yes | The absolute URL to fetch, including scheme, e.g. “https://example.com/page” |
zone | string | no | Your Web Unlocker zone name from the Bright Data control panel. Default ”${DEFAULT_UNLOCKER_ZONE}” — the auto-generated name of the first Web Unlocker zone. |
country | string | no | Two-letter ISO country code for the proxy exit location, e.g. “us”, “gb”, “de”. Default: Bright Data auto-selects per your zone configuration. |
format | string | no | Response shape: “raw” (default — the target page body as a string) or “json” (a JSON envelope with status/headers/body metadata from Bright Data). |
_apiKey | string | yes | Your Bright Data API token (account settings or zone Overview tab). Requires a Bright Data account with a Web Unlocker zone; sign up at https://brightdata.com |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bright-data/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"brightdata_unlock","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"bright-data": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bright-data/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.