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PDF Table Layout Engine
Render structured table data into a paginated PDF with repeating headers and zebra rows
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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/pdf-table-layout-engine' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"tableData":"[{\"Product\":\"Widget A\",\"Qty\":2,\"Price\":19.5,\"Total\":39},{\"Product\":\"Widget B\",\"Qty\":1,\"Price\":9.9,\"Total\":9.9}]","columns":"Product, Qty, Price, Total","title":"Quarterly Sales","subtitle":"Generated sample","pageSize":"A4","orientation":"landscape","fontSize":11,"margin":16,"repeatHeader":true,"zebraRows":true}'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-table-layout-engineParameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| tableData | textarea | Yes | — |
| columns | text | No | — |
| title | text | No | — |
| subtitle | text | No | — |
| pageSize | select | No | — |
| orientation |
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-table-layout-engine": {
"name": "pdf-table-layout-engine",
"description": "Render structured table data into a paginated PDF with repeating headers and zebra rows",
"baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=pdf-table-layout-engine",
"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-table-layout-engine",
"arguments": {
"tableData": "[{\"Product\":\"Widget A\",\"Qty\":2,\"Price\":19.5,\"Total\":39},{\"Product\":\"Widget B\",\"Qty\":1,\"Price\":9.9,\"Total\":9.9}]",
"columns": "Product, Qty, Price, Total",
"title": "Quarterly Sales",
"subtitle": "Generated sample",
"pageSize": "A4",
"orientation": "landscape",
"fontSize": 11,
"margin": 16,
"repeatHeader": true,
"zebraRows": true
}
}
}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).