Text Processing
Text Pad & Align
Pad text to a fixed width and align it left, right, center, or justified, with a chosen pad character.
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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-pad' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"text":"Hello","alignment":"center","width":20,"padChar":"-"}'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-padParameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| text | textarea | Yes | — |
| alignment | select | Yes | — |
| width | number | Yes | — |
| padChar | text | No | — |
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-text-pad": {
"name": "text-pad",
"description": "Pad text to a fixed width and align it left, right, center, or justified, with a chosen pad character.",
"baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=text-pad",
"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-pad",
"arguments": {
"text": "Hello",
"alignment": "center",
"width": 20,
"padChar": "-"
}
}
}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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