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PDF Photo Contact Sheet

Generate paginated photo contact sheets with thumbnails, filenames, and EXIF lines

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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-photo-contact-sheet' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/imageFiles.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/pdf-photo-contact-sheet' \
  -F 'title=Contact Sheet - Sample JPG Set' \
  -F 'subtitle=Generated by consolidated script' \
  -F 'imageFiles=/public/samples/jpg/earth1_1-1_2048-2048.jpg,/public/samples/jpg/earth2_16-9_2560-1440.jpg,/public/samples/jpg/earth4_1-1_2048-2048.jpg,/public/samples/jpg/earth1_16-9_2560-1440.jpg,/public/samples/jpg/earth1_3-4_1728-2304.jpg,/public/samples/jpg/earth4_3-4_1728-2304.jpg,/public/samples/jpg/earth3_1-1_2048-2048.jpg,/public/samples/jpg/earth2_3-4_1728-2304.jpg,/public/samples/jpg/earth4_16-9_2560-1440.jpg,/public/samples/jpg/earth2_1-1_2048-2048.jpg' \
  -F 'columns=4' \
  -F 'rows=3' \
  -F 'fitMode=cover' \
  -F 'showFileName=true' \
  -F 'includeExif=true' \
  -F 'pageSize=A4' \
  -F 'landscape=true' \
  -F 'waitUntil=networkidle0' \
  -F 'waitTime=800'

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-photo-contact-sheet

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
title	text	Yes	—
subtitle	text	No	—
imageFiles	fileupload required	Yes	—
columns	number	No	—
rows	number	No	—
fitMode	select	No	—
showFileName	checkbox	No	—
includeExif	checkbox	No	—
pageSize	select	No	—
landscape	checkbox	No	—
waitUntil	select	No	—
waitTime	number	No	—

File-type parameters must be uploaded first via POST /upload/pdf-photo-contact-sheet, 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-photo-contact-sheet": {
      "name": "pdf-photo-contact-sheet",
      "description": "Generate paginated photo contact sheets with thumbnails, filenames, and EXIF lines",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=pdf-photo-contact-sheet",
      "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-photo-contact-sheet",
    "arguments": {
  "title": "Contact Sheet - Sample JPG Set",
  "subtitle": "Generated by consolidated script",
  "imageFiles": [
    "/public/samples/jpg/earth1_1-1_2048-2048.jpg",
    "/public/samples/jpg/earth2_16-9_2560-1440.jpg",
    "/public/samples/jpg/earth4_1-1_2048-2048.jpg",
    "/public/samples/jpg/earth1_16-9_2560-1440.jpg",
    "/public/samples/jpg/earth1_3-4_1728-2304.jpg",
    "/public/samples/jpg/earth4_3-4_1728-2304.jpg",
    "/public/samples/jpg/earth3_1-1_2048-2048.jpg",
    "/public/samples/jpg/earth2_3-4_1728-2304.jpg",
    "/public/samples/jpg/earth4_16-9_2560-1440.jpg",
    "/public/samples/jpg/earth2_1-1_2048-2048.jpg"
  ],
  "columns": 4,
  "rows": 3,
  "fitMode": "cover",
  "showFileName": true,
  "includeExif": true,
  "pageSize": "A4",
  "landscape": true,
  "waitUntil": "networkidle0",
  "waitTime": 800
}
  }
}

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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