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Citation Generator
Generate APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago, IEEE, BibTeX, and RIS citations from a DOI, ISBN, URL, or manually-entered metadata.
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Quick start
Call this tool from your code in three languages.
cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/citation-generator' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"lookup":"10.1038/nature12373 or 9780262533058","sourceType":"journal","title":"A Study on Renewable Energy Adoption","authors":"Smith, John\nDoe, Jane","year":"2024","journal":"Journal of Energy Policy","volume":"42","issue":"3","pages":"123-145","doi":"10.1234/example.2024.042","url":"https://..."}'API reference
Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.
Endpoint
HTTP
POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/citation-generatorParameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| lookup | text | No | — |
| sourceType | select | No | — |
| title | text | No | — |
| authors | textarea | No | — |
| year | text | No | — |
| journal | text |
MCP integration
Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.
Server configuration
Add this block to your MCP client configuration:
mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"elysiatools-citation-generator": {
"name": "citation-generator",
"description": "Generate APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago, IEEE, BibTeX, and RIS citations from a DOI, ISBN, URL, or manually-entered metadata.",
"baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=citation-generator",
"command": "",
"args": [],
"env": {},
"isActive": true,
"type": "sse"
}
}
}List available tools
After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:
tools/list
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/list"
}Call this tool
Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 2,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "citation-generator",
"arguments": {
"lookup": "10.1038/nature12373 or 9780262533058",
"sourceType": "journal",
"title": "A Study on Renewable Energy Adoption",
"authors": "Smith, John\nDoe, Jane",
"year": "2024",
"journal": "Journal of Energy Policy",
"volume": "42",
"issue": "3",
"pages": "123-145",
"doi": "10.1234/example.2024.042",
"url": "https://..."
}
}
}Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).