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Sensitive Data Masker

Automatically detect and mask sensitive information like phone numbers, emails, ID cards, and bank cards in text

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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/sensitive-data-masker' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"text":"Paste text containing sensitive data (phones, emails, ID cards, bank cards)...","maskPhone":true,"maskEmail":true,"maskIdCard":true,"maskBankCard":true,"preserveDigits":4,"maskChar":"*"}'

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/sensitive-data-masker

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
texttextareaYes—
maskPhonecheckboxNoDetect and mask phone numbers (China, US, and international formats)
maskEmailcheckboxNoDetect and mask email addresses
maskIdCardcheckboxNoDetect and mask ID card numbers (Chinese ID, US SSN, etc.)
maskBankCardcheckboxNo

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-sensitive-data-masker": {
      "name": "sensitive-data-masker",
      "description": "Automatically detect and mask sensitive information like phone numbers, emails, ID cards, and bank cards in text",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=sensitive-data-masker",
      "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": "sensitive-data-masker",
    "arguments": {
  "text": "Paste text containing sensitive data (phones, emails, ID cards, bank cards)...",
  "maskPhone": true,
  "maskEmail": true,
  "maskIdCard": true,
  "maskBankCard": true,
  "preserveDigits": 4,
  "maskChar": "*"
}
  }
}
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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Detect and mask bank card numbers (Visa, Mastercard, Amex, etc.)
preserveDigitsnumberNoNumber of digits to preserve at the beginning and end
maskCharselectNoCharacter to use for masking

Response format

JSON result

JSON
{
  "key": {...},
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  },
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)"
}