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Image Cropper

Crop images to specific dimensions or aspect ratios with custom positioning

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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/image-cropper' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/imageFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/image-cropper' \
  -F 'imageFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'cropMode=square' \
  -F 'aspectRatio=16:9' \
  -F 'width=0' \
  -F 'height=0' \
  -F 'gravity=center' \
  -F 'x=0' \
  -F 'y=0' \
  -F 'format=original' \
  -F 'quality=90'

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/image-cropper

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
imageFile	fileupload required	Yes	Upload any image file (JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF) for cropping
cropMode	select	Yes	Choose how to crop your image: square, aspect ratio, exact dimensions, or custom positioning
aspectRatio	select	No	Select a predefined aspect ratio for cropping. The image will be cropped to match this ratio
width	number	No	Set the exact width for cropped area. Will be limited to image width if larger

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-image-cropper": {
      "name": "image-cropper",
      "description": "Crop images to specific dimensions or aspect ratios with custom positioning",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=image-cropper",
      "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": "image-cropper",
    "arguments": {
  "imageFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "cropMode": "square",
  "aspectRatio": "16:9",
  "width": 0,
  "height": 0,
  "gravity": "center",
  "x": 0,
  "y": 0,
  "format": "original",
  "quality": 90
}
  }
}

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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