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Text Processing

Sort Text Lines

Quickly sort lines alphabetically, numerically, or by their length

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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/text-basic-sorter' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"textInput":"Enter text to sort...","sortBy":"alphabetical","sortOrder":"ascending","caseSensitive":false,"removeDuplicates":false,"trimLines":false}'

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/text-basic-sorter

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
textInputtextareaYes—
sortByselectYes—
sortOrderselectYes—
caseSensitivecheckboxNoSort with case sensitivity (Aa-Zz)
removeDuplicatescheckboxNoRemove duplicate lines while sorting

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-text-basic-sorter": {
      "name": "text-basic-sorter",
      "description": "Quickly sort lines alphabetically, numerically, or by their length",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=text-basic-sorter",
      "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": "text-basic-sorter",
    "arguments": {
  "textInput": "Enter text to sort...",
  "sortBy": "alphabetical",
  "sortOrder": "ascending",
  "caseSensitive": false,
  "removeDuplicates": false,
  "trimLines": false
}
  }
}
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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trimLinescheckboxNoRemove leading/trailing whitespace from lines before sorting

Response format

Text result

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