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 (evaluated 2026-10-13)
Review overdue: 0
Explicit unknowns: 4
Record status: accepted
Release: web-search-v0.8.0
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
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."},{"tier_name":"Search API with Fast Search","amount":"1","currency":"USD","unit":"successful_requests","unit_quantity":1000,"description":"Successful Search API requests with search_type set to fast; lower-latency web results, same billing unit as the standard Search API."}],"normalized_units":[]}
Pricing evidence state: current; next review 2026-10-19

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