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Automate ChatGPT and Gemini Web UIs Without API Keys

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This article details methods for automating interactions with the web interfaces of large language models like ChatGPT and Gemini, bypassing the need for API keys. The author explains that while direct web UI interaction is free, it's manual, whereas APIs are scriptable but incur costs. The guide focuses on using Selenium with undetected-chromedriver to programmatically input text, handle special characters and newlines, and upload files. It highlights specific challenges such as contenteditable divs and custom textareas, and the workaround for Gemini's file upload mechanism by intercepting the browser's click event. AI

IMPACT Enables automated workflows for users who want to leverage LLMs without incurring API costs.

RANK_REASON Article describes a technical method for using existing tools to automate web interfaces, rather than a new product or release.

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Automate ChatGPT and Gemini Web UIs Without API Keys

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Usama ·

    How to Automate the ChatGPT & Gemini Web UIs Without an API Key

    <p>You've got a folder of a few hundred screenshots and you want the text out of each one. Or you want to generate a batch of images for a side project. Or you just want to drop a single "summarize this" call into a script you're writing on a Sunday afternoon. So you open the pri…

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