Text Processing

SRT / ASS Subtitle Text Extractor

Extract clean dialogue text from pasted SRT, ASS, or SSA subtitles.

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Request a presigned URL → returns { uploadUrl, storageKey }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/api/upload/presign/srt-ass-subtitle-extract-text' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"filename":"subtitleFile.ext","contentType":"application/octet-stream","size":12345}'

# 2) PUT the file bytes directly to the presigned uploadUrl
curl -X PUT '<presigned uploadUrl>' \
  --data-binary @/path/to/file.ext

# 3) Call the tool, passing the returned storageKey for each file field
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/srt-ass-subtitle-extract-text' \
  -F 'subtitleText=1
00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,500
Hello <i>world</i>!

2
00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,000
Second line.' \
  -F 'subtitleFile=uploads/2026/01/01/your-tool-1700000000000-abc123.ext' \
  -F 'format=srt' \
  -F 'separator=paragraph'

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/srt-ass-subtitle-extract-text

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
subtitleText	textarea	No	—
subtitleFile	fileupload required	No	—
format	select	No	—
separator	select	No	—

File-type parameters must be uploaded first via POST /upload/srt-ass-subtitle-extract-text, then the returned filePath is passed to the corresponding file field.

Response format

Text result

JSON

{
  "result": "Processed text content",
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)",
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  }
}

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-srt-ass-subtitle-extract-text": {
      "name": "srt-ass-subtitle-extract-text",
      "description": "Extract clean dialogue text from pasted SRT, ASS, or SSA subtitles.",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=srt-ass-subtitle-extract-text",
      "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": "srt-ass-subtitle-extract-text",
    "arguments": {
  "subtitleText": "1\n00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,500\nHello <i>world</i>!\n\n2\n00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,000\nSecond line.",
  "subtitleFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "format": "srt",
  "separator": "paragraph"
}
  }
}

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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