Format Conversion

Excel to Markdown Converter

Convert Excel file to Markdown table format, extracting data from the first worksheet

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/excel-to-markdown' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/excelFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/excel-to-markdown' \
  -F 'excelFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'hasHeader=true' \
  -F 'trimValues=true' \
  -F 'tableAlignment=left' \
  -F 'emptyCellPlaceholder=Text to use for empty cells'

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/excel-to-markdown

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
excelFile	fileupload required	Yes	—
hasHeader	checkbox	No	—
trimValues	checkbox	No	—
tableAlignment	select	Yes	—
emptyCellPlaceholder	text	No

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-excel-to-markdown": {
      "name": "excel-to-markdown",
      "description": "Convert Excel file to Markdown table format, extracting data from the first worksheet",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=excel-to-markdown",
      "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": "excel-to-markdown",
    "arguments": {
  "excelFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "hasHeader": true,
  "trimValues": true,
  "tableAlignment": "left",
  "emptyCellPlaceholder": "Text to use for empty cells"
}
  }
}

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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