ChatGPT File Uploader Tutorial

ChatGPT File Uploader is one of the Chrome extensions designed specifically for ChatGPT, helping users better upload files to ChatGPT to improve their efficiency.

Feature

This Chrome extension tool extracts the text in the uploaded file and divides the text content into multiple chunks that meet the number of ChatGPT characters so that the file can be sent to ChatGPT. The ChatGPT file uploader provided by Extensionow has the following features:

  • Wide File Format Support: Enable seamless handling of various common file formats, facilitating effortless management of diverse file types.
  • Support GPT 3.5: Make file uploading a feature not only available for GPT 4.0.
  • User-Friendly Interface: Enjoy a seamless experience with a user-friendly interface that allows you to select files and monitor the upload progress effortlessly.

Quick Started

Through this part, you can quickly learn how to get started with the ChatGPT File Uploader provided by Extensionow.

Chrome Extension Basics

If you still don't know how to open the interactive interface of a Chrome extension, please take a look at Getting Started with Chrome Extensions.

Required Conditions

The ChatGPT File Uploader needs some necessary conditions to work properly:

  1. Please make sure to use the ChatGPT File Uploader in the ChatGPT.com page.
  2. Please make sure to upload a supported file format. The ChatGPT Flie Uploader supports users to upload files in multiple formats such as docx, txt, md, pdf, xlsx, csv, json, py, etc.

Note: The Chrome extension cannot upload files in doc and xls formats.

Upload Files to ChatGPT

In order to adapt to users with different usage habits, we provide two ways to upload files to ChatGPT.

It is a common approach adopted by Chrome extensions to use popups, override pages, side panels as user interfaces to provide functions to users. Like other Chrome extensions, the ChatGPT File Uploader uses popups as the user interface to facilitate users to quickly enter the ChatGPT page.

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Figure 1 - The user interface of the ChatGPT File Uploader

In addition to providing a user interface, the extension also embeds components into page of ChatGPT to help users smoothly use the file upload function when talking to ChatGPT.

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Figure 2 - The embeds components of the ChatGPT File Uploader

The steps to upload files to ChatGPT using the extension are as follows.

Step 1 - Perpare the Files You Need to Upload

Before you start, you should first make sure that the format of the file you want to upload meets the conditions of the ChatGPT File Uploader. For file format requirements, please refer to Required Conditions.

It is recommended to convert text files into PDF files before uploading to ensure the stability of the content during the upload process.

Step 2 - Configure Upload File Parameters

The Chunk Size is a parameter provided to the user to control the number of characters per chunk, thereby adjusting the number of chunks. The ChatGPT File Uploader provides two settings for Chunk Size. You can choose configuration items for different languages to improve upload efficiency, and you can also customize the chunk size as needed.

FAQ

Here we have collected some questions that users often ask during use. We have given answers and solutions to those questions, hoping to help you when you encounter similar problems.

What should I do if ChatGPT says "The message you submitted is too long"

If ChatGPT says 'The message you submitted was too long, please reload the conversation and submit something shorter'. It means that the Chunk Size value is set too large. You need to reduce the value and try again.