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Pixabay MCP Server for VS Code

io.github.hanoak/pixabay-mcp-server

Unofficial MCP server for the Pixabay API: search and fetch royalty-free images and videos.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Pixabay MCP Server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "pixabay-api-key",
      "description": "PIXABAY_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "log-level",
      "description": "LOG_LEVEL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "pixabay-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/pixabay-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIXABAY_API_KEY": "${input:pixabay-api-key}",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "${input:log-level}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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