Google AI Studio | Chat/Conversation Markdown-Export (API Based)
Instantly export complete Google AI Studio conversations to Markdown by intercepting the internal API. Features a native toolbar integration, smart recursive parsing, and zero-scrolling capture.
Features
- API-Level Extraction: Intercepts the raw
ResolveDriveResource network request to capture the exact chat data sent from Google's servers.
- Instant Capture: No scrolling, no waiting, and no rendering delays. The data is captured the moment the page loads.
- Smart Recursive Parsing: Uses an advanced algorithm to locate chat history within Google's complex JSON structure, making it resilient to API changes.
- Native Toolbar Integration: Adds a seamless "Download" button to the existing AI Studio toolbar using Material Design styling.
- Complete History: Captures every user prompt and AI response in the conversation, ensuring nothing is missed due to UI virtualization.
- Clean Markdown Output: Generates a formatted
.md file ready for archiving or use with other LLM agents.
- Non-Intrusive: Runs silently in the background and only modifies the DOM to add the single download button.
Installation
Requirements
- A userscript manager browser extension:
Steps
- Install one of the userscript managers listed above.
- Download/Install this script.
- The script will automatically activate on
https://aistudio.google.com/*.
Usage
Important: Because this script captures data as it loads, you must be on the page when the data fetch happens.
- Navigate to any conversation in Google AI Studio.
- Refresh the Page (F5).
- Why? AI Studio fetches the full chat history only once when the page first opens. The script needs to be running to "catch" this file.
- Look for the Download Icon in the top-right toolbar (next to the "Run" or "More" buttons).
- Click the button to instantly download the
Markdown (.md) file.
How It Works
Unlike traditional scrapers that try to read text from the screen, this script uses a more robust approach:
- Network Interception: It hooks into the browser's
XMLHttpRequest to listen for a specific Google Drive resource request (ResolveDriveResource).
- Data Capture: When Google sends the chat history to your browser, the script saves a copy of this raw JSON data.
- Recursive Search: It scans the deeply nested JSON structure to find the specific array containing "user" and "model" dialogue, regardless of where Google hides it.
- Formatting: It converts the raw data into a clean Markdown format.
- Download: It generates a file named after the prompt title (or a timestamp) and triggers a browser download.
FAQ
Q: I don't see the button.
A: Refresh the page. The button only appears after the script successfully detects and captures the chat data from the network stream.
Q: Does this scrape the screen?
A: No. It reads the raw data file directly from the network traffic. This is faster and more accurate than screen scraping.
Q: Can I filter messages?
A: This version captures the entire conversation exactly as it exists in the file to ensure data integrity.
Q: Is it safe?
A: Yes. The script runs entirely locally in your browser. It does not send your data to any third-party server; it simply converts the data Google sent you into a text file.
