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Foxit PDF API MCP Server

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Foxit PDF API MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 47 installs a week from npm. Last commit 23 Jan 2026.

MCP server that exposes Foxit PDF API capabilities via stdio.

Installs per day peak 98 · avg 11 · +129% w/w
a month agotoday
47
Installs / week
npm · @foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server
12
Stars
4 open issues
23 Jan 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 22 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a file or shell call download_document.outputPath → typescript/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server/src/tools/document-lifecycle.ts:167
      await fs.writeFile(args.outputPath, fileContent);
Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] src/types/api.ts:1, [пакет] src/config.ts:1, [пакет] src/tools/document-lifecycle.ts:1 и ещё 28
этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет

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A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server -- npx -y @foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: FOXIT_CLOUD_API_HOST (Foxit PDF Services host, e.g. https://na1.fusion.foxit.com/pdf-services), FOXIT_CLOUD_API_CLIENT_ID (Client ID for Foxit PDF API from foxit developer portal(https://developer-api.foxit.com/)), FOXIT_CLOUD_API_CLIENT_SECRET (Client secret for Foxit PDF API from foxit developer portal(https://developer-api.foxit.com/)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Foxit PDF API MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Foxit PDF API MCP Server?
Foxit PDF API MCP Server runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server was installed 47 times last week.
How do I connect Foxit PDF API MCP Server?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Foxit PDF API MCP Server?
The npm package @foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server was installed 47 times in the last week. Week over week that is +129%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Foxit PDF API MCP Server open source?
We cannot say either way: written in Python, 12 stars on GitHub and 4 open issues, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.