Google AI Studio | Conversation/Chat MarkDown-Export/Download (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 seamless support for navigating between chats without refreshing.
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 conversation loads.
- Seamless Navigation: Works perfectly with AI Studio's Single Page Application (SPA) design. Just click a different chat in the sidebar, and the exporter automatically updates to the new conversation.
- 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.
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
- Navigate to any conversation in Google AI Studio.
- 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.
- Switching Chats? Just click a different prompt in the sidebar. The script automatically detects the new network request and is ready to download the new chat immediately.
(Note: If you just installed the script for the first time, you may need to refresh once to initialize the network hooks.)
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 specific Google Drive resource requests (ResolveDriveResource).
- Data Capture: When you open or switch to a chat, Google sends the data to your browser. The script silently saves a copy of this raw JSON data in the background.
- 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: If you just installed the script, refresh the page once. The button appears automatically once valid chat data is detected in 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 and captures the entire history instantly.
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.
