How to Enhance PDF Documents with ChatGPT Language Capabilities using PDF.co and Zapier

Step 1: Log into Zapier Account

• First, let’s start by logging into your Zapier account and creating a Zap.

Step 2: Google Drive App

• Next, locate and select the Google Drive app in Zapier. Then, choose the New File in Folder option as a trigger for the automation. This allows Zapier to detect when a new file is added to a specific folder in your Google Drive account and trigger the subsequent steps of the automation.

Step 3: Setup Trigger

Let’s now set up the trigger.

• In the Drive field, enter My Google Drive. This will ensure that Zapier will look for new files in your personal Google Drive account.
• In the Folder field, select the specific folder where the file you want to enhance resides. This will tell Zapier where to look for new files and trigger the subsequent steps of the automation. Make sure that you have the necessary permissions to access the folder you selected.

After setting up the configuration, let’s test the trigger to ensure that we have set it up correctly. This will help us to confirm that Zapier detecting new files in the correct folder and that the automation is working as expected.

Step 4: Test Trigger Result

• Great! The test trigger was successful and returned the exact file we were looking for. Let’s copy the text in the PDF document and enhance it with ChatGPT. Now, we can proceed with enhancing the text in the PDF document using ChatGPT.

Step 5: Add ChatGPT App

To enhance the text in the PDF document using ChatGPT, we need to add ChatGPT as another app in our automation.

• Select ChatGPT from the list of the available apps in Zapier and choose the Conversation option to allow us to input the text from the PDF document into ChatGPT for analysis and improvement suggestions.

Step 6: Setup ChatGPT Conversation

Let’s set up the ChatGPT conversation.

• To begin, please enter the message in the Message User field and include the text command that you would like to use to enhance the text you wish to discuss from the PDF document. The text command will help the model understand the context of the conversation better and provide more accurate responses.
• For the Assistant Instructions field, you can leave the default values as they are, or modify them to suit your preferences. These instructions help the model understand how to respond to your messages and provide you with the best possible experience.
• Additionally, please provide a unique value in the Memory Key field. This key will allow the model to remember the conversation history and continue the discussion from where you left off, even if you close the chat and return later. Using a unique value will prevent any confusion between different conversations and ensure a smooth conversation flow.

We’re now ready to send the message conversation and any relevant text command to ChatGPT for processing. Before we proceed, please ensure that you have provided a clear and concise message in the User Message field, along with any text command that will help ChatGPT understand the context of your request. Additionally, don’t forget to enter a unique value in the Memory Key field to enable the model to remember the conversation history.

Step 7: Conversation Result

• Great! ChatGPT was successfully processing our request and performing a thorough on the text in the PDF document and was able to replace any incorrect text.

We will now add another app to the process of replacing incorrect text in the PDF document.

Step 8: Add PDF.co App

• Let’s incorporate PDF.co as another app and use it to correct any incorrect text in the PDF document. We can achieve this by selecting the Custom API Call option in PDF.co, which will enable us to make a call to its API and replace the incorrect text with the correct one.

Step 9: Setup Action

Let’s set up the PDF.co action configuration.

• First, navigate the PDF.co API Endpoint field and locate the v1/pdf/edit/replace-text endpoint.
• Next, move on to the URL input parameter override field and select the appropriate Web Content Link from Google Drive.
• Finally, input the necessary search and replace Body parameters in the Input JSON for the /pdf/edit/replace-text endpoint.

After setting up the configuration, test the action to ensure that everything is functioning correctly. By doing so, we can identify and fix any issues before proceeding with the actual task.

Step 10: Test Result

• Great to hear that the test was successful! The temporary URL returned is an important output, as it allows us to view the results of the search and replace text action. Please copy the URL provided and paste it into your browser’s address bar to access the output. From there, you can review the output and verify that it meets your expectations.

Step 11: Output

• Here’s the PDF document that has undergone successful enhancement using the power tool ChatGPT and PDF.co. The incorrect text has been accurately replaced, resulting in a document of high quality and improved readability