Box Shadow Generator API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/box-shadow-generator/execute

Generate a CSS box-shadow declaration from offset, blur, spread, colour, opacity, and inset settings, or from a named preset (subtle, soft, medium, large, xl, inner, glow, hard). Returns the full "box-shadow: ...;" rule, the bare value, the rgba colour, and the resolved settings.

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Request body

application/json

preset

string optional

Start from a preset. Any other argument overrides the preset value. One of subtle · soft · medium · large · xl · inner · glow · hard.
horizontal

number optional

Horizontal offset in px (-200 to 200). Default 0.
vertical

number optional

Vertical offset in px (-200 to 200). Default 10.
blur

number optional

Blur radius in px (0 to 300). Default 15.
spread

number optional

Spread radius in px (-200 to 200). Default -3.
color

string optional

Shadow colour as a hex string (#rrggbb or #rgb). Default #000000.
opacity

number optional

Shadow opacity in percent (0 to 100). Default 15.
inset

boolean optional

Inner shadow when true. Default false.

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "preset": "medium"
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/box-shadow-generator/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "preset": "medium"
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/box-shadow-generator/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"preset":"medium"}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/box-shadow-generator/execute",
    json={"preset":"medium"},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/box-shadow-generator/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"preset":"medium"}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

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Call box_shadow_generator from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Same arguments, same output.

https://mcp.findutils.com

MCP reference

Rate limit: 60 a minute, per IP
Auth: None
REST id: box-shadow-generator
MCP name: box_shadow_generator
Category: Generators
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

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