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Diff Formatter

Format and display text differences in various styles (unified, context, side-by-side)

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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/diff-formatter' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"text1":"Enter the original text...","text2":"Enter the modified text...","formatStyle":"unified","showLineNumbers":true,"contextLines":3}'

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/diff-formatter

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
text1	textarea	Yes	—
text2	textarea	Yes	—
formatStyle	select	Yes	—
showLineNumbers	checkbox	No	—
contextLines	number	No	—

Response format

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-diff-formatter": {
      "name": "diff-formatter",
      "description": "Format and display text differences in various styles (unified, context, side-by-side)",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=diff-formatter",
      "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": "diff-formatter",
    "arguments": {
  "text1": "Enter the original text...",
  "text2": "Enter the modified text...",
  "formatStyle": "unified",
  "showLineNumbers": true,
  "contextLines": 3
}
  }
}

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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curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/diff-formatter' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"text1":"Enter the original text...","text2":"Enter the modified text...","formatStyle":"unified","showLineNumbers":true,"contextLines":3}'

Name

Type

Required

Description

text1

textarea

Yes

—

text2

textarea

Yes

—

formatStyle

select

Yes

—

showLineNumbers

checkbox

—

contextLines

number

—

{ "mcpServers": { "elysiatools-diff-formatter": { "name": "diff-formatter", "description": "Format and display text differences in various styles (unified, context, side-by-side)", "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=diff-formatter", "command": "", "args": [], "env": {}, "isActive": true, "type": "sse" } } }

{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "diff-formatter", "arguments": { "text1": "Enter the original text...", "text2": "Enter the modified text...", "formatStyle": "unified", "showLineNumbers": true, "contextLines": 3 } } }