`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

Arguments

{
  "url": "https://example.com/page",
  "_apiKey": "your-brightdata-token"
}

curl

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":{"url":"https://example.com/page","_apiKey":"your-brightdata-token"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('brightdata_unlock', {
  "url": "https://example.com/page",
  "_apiKey": "your-brightdata-token"
});

More examples

{
  "url": "https://cloudflare-protected-site.com",
  "_apiKey": "your-brightdata-token",
  "zone": "web_unlocker1",
  "country": "us",
  "format": "json"
}

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.

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