Document Tools

PDF Header/Footer Snippets

Convert HTML to PDF with reusable logo, title, and date snippets

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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/pdf-header-footer-snippets' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/logoFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/pdf-header-footer-snippets' \
  -F 'htmlContent=
<h1>Quarterly Report</h1>
<p>This is a generated test document.</p>
<div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>
<h2>Second Page</h2>
<p>More sample content.</p>
' \
  -F 'cssContent=
body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; }
h1, h2 { color: #1f2937; }
p { font-size: 12pt; }
' \
  -F 'pageSize=A4' \
  -F 'landscape=false' \
  -F 'printBackground=true' \
  -F 'marginTop=18' \
  -F 'marginBottom=18' \
  -F 'marginLeft=20' \
  -F 'marginRight=20' \
  -F 'headerEnabled=true' \
  -F 'footerEnabled=true' \
  -F 'logoFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'logoWidth=80' \
  -F 'headerTitle=Quarterly Report' \
  -F 'footerTitle=Internal' \
  -F 'showDateInHeader=true' \
  -F 'showDateInFooter=false' \
  -F 'dateFormat=locale' \
  -F 'customDateText=March 2026' \
  -F 'showPageNumbers=true' \
  -F 'waitUntil=networkidle0' \
  -F 'waitTime=0'

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/pdf-header-footer-snippets

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
htmlContent	textarea	Yes	—
cssContent	textarea	No	—
pageSize	select	No	—
landscape	checkbox	No	—
printBackground	checkbox	No	—
marginTop	number	No	—
marginBottom	number	No	—
marginLeft	number	No	—
marginRight	number	No	—
headerEnabled	checkbox	No	—
footerEnabled	checkbox	No	—
logoFile	fileupload required	No	—
logoWidth	number	No	—
headerTitle	text	No	—
footerTitle	text	No	—
showDateInHeader	checkbox	No	—
showDateInFooter	checkbox	No	—
dateFormat	select	No	—
customDateText	text	No	—
showPageNumbers	checkbox	No	—
waitUntil	select	No	—
waitTime	number	No	—

File-type parameters must be uploaded first via POST /upload/pdf-header-footer-snippets, then the returned filePath is passed to the corresponding file field.

Response format

File result

JSON

{
  "filePath": "/public/processing/randomid.ext",
  "fileName": "output.ext",
  "contentType": "application/octet-stream",
  "size": 1024,
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  },
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)"
}

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-pdf-header-footer-snippets": {
      "name": "pdf-header-footer-snippets",
      "description": "Convert HTML to PDF with reusable logo, title, and date snippets",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=pdf-header-footer-snippets",
      "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": "pdf-header-footer-snippets",
    "arguments": {
  "htmlContent": "\n<h1>Quarterly Report</h1>\n<p>This is a generated test document.</p>\n<div style=\"page-break-after: always;\"></div>\n<h2>Second Page</h2>\n<p>More sample content.</p>\n",
  "cssContent": "\nbody { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; }\nh1, h2 { color: #1f2937; }\np { font-size: 12pt; }\n",
  "pageSize": "A4",
  "landscape": false,
  "printBackground": true,
  "marginTop": 18,
  "marginBottom": 18,
  "marginLeft": 20,
  "marginRight": 20,
  "headerEnabled": true,
  "footerEnabled": true,
  "logoFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "logoWidth": 80,
  "headerTitle": "Quarterly Report",
  "footerTitle": "Internal",
  "showDateInHeader": true,
  "showDateInFooter": false,
  "dateFormat": "locale",
  "customDateText": "March 2026",
  "showPageNumbers": true,
  "waitUntil": "networkidle0",
  "waitTime": 0
}
  }
}

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).

File parameters accept a public file URL only (https://…). Local paths, data: URIs, and Base64 strings are not supported.

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