Topic: Python Script to Convert a Shared ChatGPT Link to PDF – Step-by-Step Guide

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### Objective

In this lesson, we’ll build a Python script that:

• Takes a ChatGPT share link (e.g., https://chat.openai.com/share/abc123)
• Downloads the HTML content of the chat
• Converts it to a PDF file using pdfkit and wkhtmltopdf

This is useful for archiving, sharing, or printing ChatGPT conversations in a clean format.

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### 1. Prerequisites

Before starting, you need the following libraries and tools:

#### • Install pdfkit and requests

pip install pdfkit requests

#### • Install wkhtmltopdf

Download from:
[https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html](https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html)

Make sure to add the path of the installed binary to your system PATH.

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### 2. Python Script: Convert Shared ChatGPT URL to PDF

import pdfkit
import requests
import os

# Define output filename
output_file = "chatgpt_conversation.pdf"

# ChatGPT shared URL (user input)
chat_url = input("Enter the ChatGPT share URL: ").strip()

# Verify the URL format
if not chat_url.startswith("https://chat.openai.com/share/"):
    print("Invalid URL. Must start with https://chat.openai.com/share/")
    exit()

try:
    # Download HTML content
    response = requests.get(chat_url)
    if response.status_code != 200:
        raise Exception(f"Failed to load the chat: {response.status_code}")

    html_content = response.text

    # Save HTML to temporary file
    with open("temp_chat.html", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        f.write(html_content)

    # Convert HTML to PDF
    pdfkit.from_file("temp_chat.html", output_file)

    print(f"\n✅ PDF saved as: {output_file}")

    # Optional: remove temp file
    os.remove("temp_chat.html")

except Exception as e:
    print(f"❌ Error: {e}")

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### 3. Notes

• This approach works only if the shared page is publicly accessible (which ChatGPT share links are).
• The PDF output will contain the web page version, including theme and layout.
• You can customize the PDF output using pdfkit options (like page size, margins, etc.).

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### 4. Optional Enhancements

• Add GUI with Tkinter
• Accept multiple URLs
• Add PDF metadata (title, author, etc.)
• Add support for offline rendering using BeautifulSoup to clean content

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### Exercise

• Try converting multiple ChatGPT share links to PDF
• Customize the styling with your own CSS
• Add a timestamp or watermark to the PDF

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