web.search / perplexity

Perplexity Search API

Perplexity · web-search:perplexity · ai native retrieval. Rendered from the same frozen record as the JSON and Markdown resources.

Current claims

11

Explicit unknowns

4

Record status

accepted

Release

web-search-v0.2.0

Agent tasks

current fact retrieval, source discovery, comparative research, domain constrained search, regional search, language search, fresh content for rag

Endpoint

{"base_url":"https://api.perplexity.ai","search_path":"/search","http_method":"POST"}

Authentication

bearer token

Availability

public signup

Request features

query, max results, domain filter, recency filter, language, geography

Response fields

title, url, snippet, published at, raw content

Pricing

{"billing_model":"usage_based","provider_units":[{"tier_name":"Search API","amount":"5","currency":"USD","unit":"successful_requests","unit_quantity":1000,"description":"Successful Search API requests; one request may contain up to five queries and has no token charge."}],"normalized_units":[]}

Pricing evidence state

current; next review 2026-08-31

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