Text Processing

Text Line Extractor

Extract specific lines from text by line numbers or ranges

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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/text-line-extractor' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"textInput":"Enter text with multiple lines...","extractMode":"numbers","lineNumbers":"Enter line numbers separated by commas (e.g., 1,3,5,7)","lineRanges":"Enter ranges (e.g., 1-3,5,7-10)","includeLineNumbers":false,"sortByOriginal":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/text-line-extractor

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
textInput	textarea	Yes	—
extractMode	select	Yes	—
lineNumbers	text	No	—
lineRanges	text	No	—
includeLineNumbers	checkbox	No	—
sortByOriginal

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-text-line-extractor": {
      "name": "text-line-extractor",
      "description": "Extract specific lines from text by line numbers or ranges",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=text-line-extractor",
      "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": "text-line-extractor",
    "arguments": {
  "textInput": "Enter text with multiple lines...",
  "extractMode": "numbers",
  "lineNumbers": "Enter line numbers separated by commas (e.g., 1,3,5,7)",
  "lineRanges": "Enter ranges (e.g., 1-3,5,7-10)",
  "includeLineNumbers": false,
  "sortByOriginal": 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).

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