Format Conversion

XLSX Sheet To JSON Schema

Infer JSON Schema from worksheet headers and sample rows with types, enum candidates, and basic constraints

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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-sheet-to-json-schema' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/excelFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/xlsx-sheet-to-json-schema' \
  -F 'excelFile=/public/samples/xlsx/workbook-sales.xlsx' \
  -F 'sheetName=Sheet1' \
  -F 'headerRow=1' \
  -F 'sampleSize=100' \
  -F 'enumMaxDistinct=10' \
  -F 'requiredThreshold=0.98' \
  -F 'schemaTitle=SalesRecord'

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-sheet-to-json-schema

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
excelFile	fileupload required	Yes	—
sheetName	text	No	—
headerRow	number	No	—
sampleSize	number	No	—
enumMaxDistinct	number	No	—
requiredThreshold	range	No	—
schemaTitle	text	No	—

File-type parameters must be uploaded first via POST /upload/xlsx-sheet-to-json-schema, 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-sheet-to-json-schema": {
      "name": "xlsx-sheet-to-json-schema",
      "description": "Infer JSON Schema from worksheet headers and sample rows with types, enum candidates, and basic constraints",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=xlsx-sheet-to-json-schema",
      "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-sheet-to-json-schema",
    "arguments": {
  "excelFile": "/public/samples/xlsx/workbook-sales.xlsx",
  "sheetName": "Sheet1",
  "headerRow": 1,
  "sampleSize": 100,
  "enumMaxDistinct": 10,
  "requiredThreshold": 0.98,
  "schemaTitle": "SalesRecord"
}
  }
}

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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