Data Processing
Validate CSV structure, detect malformed rows, unbalanced quotes and column mismatches
Call this tool from your code in three languages.
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/csv-validator' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"csvInput":"Enter CSV data to validate...","delimiter":",","quoteCharacter":"\"","hasHeader":true,"strictColumns":true,"allowEmptyLines":true,"allowTrailingDelimiter":false}'Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.
POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/csv-validator| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| csvInput | textarea | Yes | — |
| delimiter | text | No | — |
| quoteCharacter | text | No | — |
| hasHeader | checkbox | No | Treat the first data row as the column header used for column-count comparison |
| strictColumns | checkbox | No | Flag any row whose column count differs from the header |
Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.
Add this block to your MCP client configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"elysiatools-csv-validator": {
"name": "csv-validator",
"description": "Validate CSV structure, detect malformed rows, unbalanced quotes and column mismatches",
"baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=csv-validator",
"command": "",
"args": [],
"env": {},
"isActive": true,
"type": "sse"
}
}
}After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/list"
}Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 2,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "csv-validator",
"arguments": {
"csvInput": "Enter CSV data to validate...",
"delimiter": ",",
"quoteCharacter": "\"",
"hasHeader": true,
"strictColumns": true,
"allowEmptyLines": true,
"allowTrailingDelimiter": false
}
}
}Questions or issues? Contact [email protected]
| allowEmptyLines | checkbox | No | Do not warn about blank lines between records |
| allowTrailingDelimiter | checkbox | No | Do not warn about an extra delimiter at the end of a line |
Text result
{
"result": "Processed text content",
"error": "Error message (optional)",
"message": "Notification message (optional)",
"metadata": {
"key": "value"
}
}