Media

Convert GIF to WebP

Convert GIF images to WebP format with quality settings and transparency support

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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/gif-to-webp' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/gifFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/gif-to-webp' \
  -F 'gifFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'multiFrameHandling=first-frame' \
  -F 'quality=85' \
  -F 'lossless=false' \
  -F 'backgroundColor=transparent'

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/gif-to-webp

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
gifFile	fileupload required	Yes	—
multiFrameHandling	select	No	—
quality	number	No	—
lossless	checkbox	No	Use lossless compression (may increase file size)
backgroundColor	select	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-gif-to-webp": {
      "name": "gif-to-webp",
      "description": "Convert GIF images to WebP format with quality settings and transparency support",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=gif-to-webp",
      "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": "gif-to-webp",
    "arguments": {
  "gifFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "multiFrameHandling": "first-frame",
  "quality": 85,
  "lossless": false,
  "backgroundColor": "transparent"
}
  }
}

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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