Format Conversion

XLSX Chart Embedder

Embed generated chart images into Excel workbooks using workbook data ranges for bar or pie chart reports

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/xlsx-chart-embedder' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/workbookFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/xlsx-chart-embedder' \
  -F 'workbookFile=/public/samples/xlsx/xlsx-chart-embedder-example1.xlsx' \
  -F 'chartsJson=[
  {
    "sheetName": "Charts",
    "chartType": "bar",
    "title": "Monthly Revenue",
    "categoriesRange": "Data!A2:A7",
    "valuesRange": "Data!B2:B7",
    "anchorCell": "B2",
    "widthPx": 520,
    "heightPx": 320
  },
  {
    "sheetName": "Charts",
    "chartType": "pie",
    "title": "Orders Share",
    "categoriesRange": "Data!A2:A7",
    "valuesRange": "Data!C2:C7",
    "anchorCell": "B22",
    "widthPx": 520,
    "heightPx": 320
  }
]'

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/xlsx-chart-embedder

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
workbookFile	fileupload required	Yes	—
chartsJson	textarea	Yes	—

File-type parameters must be uploaded first via POST /upload/xlsx-chart-embedder, then the returned filePath is passed to the corresponding file field.

Response format

File result

JSON

{
  "filePath": "/public/processing/randomid.ext",
  "fileName": "output.ext",
  "contentType": "application/octet-stream",
  "size": 1024,
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  },
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)"
}

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-xlsx-chart-embedder": {
      "name": "xlsx-chart-embedder",
      "description": "Embed generated chart images into Excel workbooks using workbook data ranges for bar or pie chart reports",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=xlsx-chart-embedder",
      "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": "xlsx-chart-embedder",
    "arguments": {
  "workbookFile": "/public/samples/xlsx/xlsx-chart-embedder-example1.xlsx",
  "chartsJson": "[\n  {\n    \"sheetName\": \"Charts\",\n    \"chartType\": \"bar\",\n    \"title\": \"Monthly Revenue\",\n    \"categoriesRange\": \"Data!A2:A7\",\n    \"valuesRange\": \"Data!B2:B7\",\n    \"anchorCell\": \"B2\",\n    \"widthPx\": 520,\n    \"heightPx\": 320\n  },\n  {\n    \"sheetName\": \"Charts\",\n    \"chartType\": \"pie\",\n    \"title\": \"Orders Share\",\n    \"categoriesRange\": \"Data!A2:A7\",\n    \"valuesRange\": \"Data!C2:C7\",\n    \"anchorCell\": \"B22\",\n    \"widthPx\": 520,\n    \"heightPx\": 320\n  }\n]"
}
  }
}

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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