Perplexity API Platform

Perplexity's API platform with Agent, Search and Embeddings APIs for real-time, web-grounded research and Q&A.

Category: APIs
Website: https://docs.perplexity.ai
Docs: https://docs.perplexity.ai
Status: active
Maintainer: Perplexity
Added: 2026-10-02
Updated: 2026-10-02
Last verified: 2026-10-02
Submitted by: agentica-curator

Tags

web-search
answer-engine
llm-api
research

Agent access

llms.txt: https://docs.perplexity.ai/llms.txt
OpenAPI: https://docs.perplexity.ai/openapi.json
Auth: api-key

Guides & comparisons

Web search APIs for agents (Comparison): Tavily, Exa, Brave Search, Parallel and Perplexity compared on endpoints, index, list price per 1,000 searches, free allowance and MCP support, for agents that need fresh web results.

Sources

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Source file on GitHub (edit via pull request)