FAQ
General questionsWhy does the extension needs to access 4 different websites?About eco-friendly modeAbout sponsored contentAbout premium subscription How does saving an individual answer work?Does the extension support ChatGPT plug-ins and websearch?IssuesThe extension always prompts me to link it to Notion, what’s the matter here?I can’t link my database because it “doesn’t have an URL property”, what’s this?The extension doesn’t find my databasesI was told that saving a chat was denied by Notion, what can I do ?
General questions
Can’t find an answer here? Report an issue on GitHub, or send me an email.
Why does the extension needs to access 4 different websites?
To work properly the extension needs to access the following websites:
api.notion.com
The saving process means that there is a back-and-forth between the extension and Notion’s API.
chat.openai.com
The extension needs to access ChatGPT’s page to scrape the chat that you are saving.
chatgpt-to-notion.onrender.com
For more security, the credentials (access token) issued by Notion to identify the extension and allow it to act in your workspace are stored remotely on the long-term. Storing them locally in your browser would allow them to be compromised. The source corde for that remote server can be found on the extension’s GitHub.
Take note that removing the extension’s access to your Notion workspace (Settings > My connections) will stop it from being able to access your workspace as long as you don’t reinstall it and redo the authentification process.
theo-lartigau.notion.site
As part of the Notion authentification process, you are redirected on a webpage chosen by the Notion integration’s maker. Notion’s API response is url-encoded which means that the extension needs to access the redirect page to fetch it. In the case of this extension, that redirect page is the parent page of this FAQ.
About eco-friendly mode
Metrics on the impact of this collaboration will be updated regularily ! Currently, we’ve collectively contributed to the offset of 19 tons of CO2 ! 🎉
I've joined forces with Impact Hero to empower users in planting trees and fighting climate change while they browse the internet, it’s also a fair source of revenue for me. It's completely free, and it won't alter any of your browsing habits, including your choice of search engine and browser. I see this as a win-win.
Impact Hero is supported by over 50,000 partners, allowing us to provide a completely free service to our users. When you visit the website of one of these merchant partners, you'll notice a new tab opening briefly. This tab allows us to track and demonstrate to our partners that the generated traffic originates from our user community.
This new feature does not retain any information or data, ensuring 100% compliance with GDPR laws. I understand that trust is earned, and my commitment to transparency through this charter, along with the new extension privacy policy, is a demonstration of that.
You can rely on me to consistently uphold these standards!
About sponsored content
As a way to make further work on the extension worthwhile, I have decided to include affiliated content in very specific parts of the extension, which are the following:
- The top of the extension’s Notion page
- The extension’s popup after a successful save
These spots were picked as a way to make this as unintrusive as possible. Each current and future sponsor is validated by me (to insure their honesty and relevancy) and the banners are implemented manually into the extension’s code. As such, NO DATA IS COLLECTED or shared with any 3rd party to make this possible, and never will be.
About premium subscription
As another way to make to make further work on the extension worthwhile (I need to pay rent 😅), I have added a premium subscription ($2/month with a 1-week free trial) that removes sponsored content & enables exclusive features such as autosave.
Payment is handled on Gumroad, and the extension doesn’t communicate anything with them besides your licence key once you have one. You can find their privacy policy here.
Please note that I really care about everyone having an excellent experience with this software and I will keep supporting and adding features to the free version of the extension. As more features are added, some premium-only features will become free aswell.
If you are a premium subscriber and have any issue with your subscription, please reach out and I will do anything to get things sorted out!
How does saving an individual answer work?
On the side of every ChatGPT answer, you’ll find a pin icon that allows you to save specifically that answer.
Currently, if a Notion page with the same discussion title exists in your linked database, the newly saved answer will be appended to the bottom of the page. A future update to the extension will allow you to create a new page from individual answers aswell!
Does the extension support ChatGPT plug-ins and websearch?
As beta access to these features has just started being rolled-out, I haven’t been able to test the extension on these yet. An update to the extension with extensive plugins & websearch support will be rolled-out ASAP when I get to use them.
Issues
Your problem isn’t mentionned here? Report an issue on GitHub, or send me an email.
The extension always prompts me to link it to Notion, what’s the matter here?
This means that the linking process fails on Notion’s side. This is probably because the extension was already authorized in your workspace and it lost the access token (eg. by being uninstalled).
You’ll have to go into your Notion workspace, into ‘Settings & members > My connections’ to revoke the access.
Things should then be working fine! If that’s not the case, please contact me.
I can’t link my database because it “doesn’t have an URL property”, what’s this?
Notion databases can hold several different properties that you can then add to pages inside them. Among these properties is URL, that allows the extension to save the link to the conversation you’re having with ChatGPT into Notion, for easier future access.
Please note that said URL will link you back to the conversation only if you’ve accessed it from your ChatGPT history (left menu on the chatbot’s page) at least once, OpenAI won’t generate the URL beforehand.
The extension doesn’t find my databases
As stated in the extension’s popup, this is probably because the data from your Notion’s workspace has yet to be synced with the extension. It might take up to a few minutes in the worst cases, but shouldn’t be much longer.
Please take note that Notion databases are different from the pages that you’ll usually work with. Click here for more information about Notion databases.
If the extension keeps failing to find your databases, please contact me.
I was told that saving a chat was denied by Notion, what can I do ?
This happens because the token Notion issued to identify & authorize the extension to modify your workspace on your behalf got invalidated for some reason.
You’ll have to go into your Notion workspace, into ‘Settings & members > My connections’ to revoke the access. Then, reinstall the extension. Things should then be working fine!
If that’s not the case, please contact me.