Fuel Prices MCP server

⛽ Fuel Prices API: Live US Gas Station Prices in Clean JSON

The most efficient, reliable, and developer-friendly way to use the Fuel Prices API.

Actor page: apify.com/johnvc/fuelprices Input schema: apify.com/johnvc/fuelprices/input-schema

The Fuel Prices API returns live, crowd-reported gas station prices and station metadata for any US location (with some Canadian coverage) as clean, structured JSON. Search by ZIP code, city name, or GPS coordinates and get one record per station: name, full address, distance from your search point, cash and credit prices with posting timestamps, price unit, and ratings. Choose the fuel type (regular, midgrade, premium, diesel, E85, or unleaded 88) and filter by data freshness.

Video Walkthrough

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11 or higher
• An Apify account and API key (get a free key here)

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/johnisanerd/Apify-Fuel-Prices-Scraper.git
   cd Apify-Fuel-Prices-Scraper

1. Install dependencies with UV

# Install UV if you do not have it:
   curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

   # Install project dependencies:
   uv sync

1. Configure your API key

cp .env.example .env
   # Edit .env and add your Apify API key
   # Get your free API key at: https://apify.com?fpr=9n7kx3

1. Run the example

uv run python fuel-prices-scraper.py

Alternative: set the API key directly

export APIFY_API_TOKEN="your_api_key_here"
uv run python fuel-prices-scraper.py

Why Use This Fuel Prices API?

Station-level detail. Each result is one gas station with its name, full address, distance from your search point, cash and credit prices, price unit, and ratings, so you can compare stations directly.

Search any way you like. Query by ZIP code, city name, or GPS coordinates pasted straight from a map. Coordinates resolve to the nearest area.

Fuel-type and freshness controls. Pick regular, midgrade, premium, diesel, E85, or unleaded 88, and use the freshness filter to keep only recently reported prices.

Pay only for results. Billing is per station returned, with no setup fee, no subscription, and no charge for runs that return nothing. A typical city or ZIP search costs a couple of cents.

Easy to automate. Call it from Python in a few lines, or load it as an MCP tool so assistants like Claude and Cursor can pull live fuel prices for you on demand.

Features

Core Capabilities

• Search by ZIP, city, or coordinates across US locations (some Canadian coverage)
• Fuel-type selection: regular, midgrade, premium, diesel, E85, unleaded 88
• Freshness filtering by maximum data age in days
• Cash and credit prices with per-price posting timestamps
• Station metadata: name, address, distance, ratings

Data Quality

• One record per station with a stable structure
• Cash and credit prices reported separately, each with a posted time
• Full address components (line 1/2, city, region, postal code)
• Distance and ratings for ranking and comparison
• Consistent JSON shape across every query

Usage Examples

Basic Example

The cheapest way to try the API: one ZIP code, regular fuel.

{
  "search": "11507"
}

Advanced Example

A city search for diesel, freshest data only.

{
  "search": "New York, NY",
  "fuel": 4,
  "lang": "en",
  "maxAge": 3
}

By coordinates

Paste GPS coordinates straight from a map.

{
  "search": "36.0816642, -115.0534345",
  "fuel": 1
}

Input Parameters

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.