Text Processing

Filename Sanitizer

Clean and sanitize filenames by removing illegal characters for Windows, Linux, and Mac

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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/filename-sanitizer' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"filename":"Enter filename to sanitize...","replacementChar":"_","trimWhitespace":true,"trimDots":true,"maxLength":255}'

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/filename-sanitizer

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
filename	text	Yes	—
replacementChar	text	No	Character to replace illegal characters with
trimWhitespace	checkbox	No	Remove leading and trailing whitespace
trimDots	checkbox	No	Remove leading and trailing dots (can cause issues in some systems)
maxLength	number	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-filename-sanitizer": {
      "name": "filename-sanitizer",
      "description": "Clean and sanitize filenames by removing illegal characters for Windows, Linux, and Mac",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=filename-sanitizer",
      "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": "filename-sanitizer",
    "arguments": {
  "filename": "Enter filename to sanitize...",
  "replacementChar": "_",
  "trimWhitespace": true,
  "trimDots": true,
  "maxLength": 255
}
  }
}

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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