Validation

EAN-8 Barcode Validator

Validate 8-digit EAN-8 / GTIN-8 product barcodes with check-digit verification, GS1 country prefix and packaging breakdown.

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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/ean8-validator' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"barcode":"e.g., 73513537 or 40 12345 7"}'

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/ean8-validator

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
barcode	text	Yes	8-digit EAN-8 / GTIN-8 number. Spaces, dashes and a 2/5-digit add-on are tolerated.

Response format

Text result

JSON

{
  "result": "Processed text content",
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)",
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  }
}

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-ean8-validator": {
      "name": "ean8-validator",
      "description": "Validate 8-digit EAN-8 / GTIN-8 product barcodes with check-digit verification, GS1 country prefix and packaging breakdown.",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=ean8-validator",
      "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": "ean8-validator",
    "arguments": {
  "barcode": "e.g., 73513537 or 40 12345 7"
}
  }
}

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).

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Name

Type

Required

Description

barcode

text

Yes

8-digit EAN-8 / GTIN-8 number. Spaces, dashes and a 2/5-digit add-on are tolerated.

{ "mcpServers": { "elysiatools-ean8-validator": { "name": "ean8-validator", "description": "Validate 8-digit EAN-8 / GTIN-8 product barcodes with check-digit verification, GS1 country prefix and packaging breakdown.", "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=ean8-validator", "command": "", "args": [], "env": {}, "isActive": true, "type": "sse" } } }