# Text Shadow Generator — REST API endpoint `text-shadow-generator`

Generate a CSS text-shadow declaration from offset, blur, colour and opacity, or from a named preset (subtle, hard, glow, outline, emboss, retro, neon). Unlike box-shadow, text-shadow has no spread radius and no inset, so weight comes from stacking layers — the outline and neon presets do exactly that. Returns the full "text-shadow: ...;" rule, the bare value, and the resolved layers.

- Category: generators
- MCP server: https://mcp.findutils.com/ (Streamable HTTP, no API keys, 120 req/min per IP)
- REST endpoint: POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/text-shadow-generator/execute (no API keys, 60 req/min per IP)
- Reference page: https://findutils.com/api/text-shadow-generator/
- Same tool on the other surface: https://findutils.com/mcp/text-shadow-generator/

## Call the endpoint (verified example)

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/text-shadow-generator/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "horizontal": 2,
    "vertical": 2,
    "blur": 4,
    "color": "#000000"
  }'

# Parameter schema
curl https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/text-shadow-generator
```

## Input schema

| Argument | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `preset` | string (subtle \| hard \| glow \| outline \| emboss \| retro \| neon) | no | Start from a preset. Any other argument overrides a single-layer preset; multi-layer presets are returned as-is. |
| `horizontal` | number | no | Horizontal offset in px (-100 to 100). Default 2. |
| `vertical` | number | no | Vertical offset in px (-100 to 100). Default 2. |
| `blur` | number | no | Blur radius in px (0 to 100). text-shadow has no spread. Default 4. |
| `color` | string | no | Shadow colour as a hex string (#rrggbb or #rgb). Default #000000. |
| `opacity` | number | no | Shadow opacity in percent (0 to 100). Default 40. |

Example arguments (verified):

```json
{
  "horizontal": 2,
  "vertical": 2,
  "blur": 4,
  "color": "#000000"
}
```

OpenAPI 3.1 spec: https://findutils.com/api/openapi.json · Interactive docs: https://findutils.com/api/docs/

## Also an MCP tool

```bash
claude mcp add findutils --transport http https://mcp.findutils.com/
```

Then ask the client to call `findutils:text_shadow_generator`. Full MCP reference: https://findutils.com/mcp/text-shadow-generator/

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