Text Processing

Filter Text Lines

Quickly return text lines that match a pattern or a regex

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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-filter' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"textInput":"Enter text to filter lines from...","filterType":"contains","pattern":"Enter pattern, text, or regex...","matchType":"includeEmpty","caseSensitive":false,"invertMatch":false}'

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-filter

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
textInput	textarea	Yes	—
filterType	select	Yes	—
pattern	text	No	The pattern to match against (not used for some filter types)
matchType	select	Yes	—
caseSensitive	checkbox	No	Match case when filtering (not applicable to all filter types)

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-filter": {
      "name": "text-line-filter",
      "description": "Quickly return text lines that match a pattern or a regex",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=text-line-filter",
      "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-filter",
    "arguments": {
  "textInput": "Enter text to filter lines from...",
  "filterType": "contains",
  "pattern": "Enter pattern, text, or regex...",
  "matchType": "includeEmpty",
  "caseSensitive": false,
  "invertMatch": false
}
  }
}

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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