> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://perplexity-cf-proxied-beta.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Overview export const PerplexityLogo = () => { return

; }; export const SonarLogo = () => { return ; }; export const QuickstartBanner = () =>

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; export const UseCaseTabs = () => { const [selected, setSelected] = useState(0); const useCases = [{ label: 'Search The Web', codeExamples: [{ language: 'bash', code: `curl https://api.perplexity.ai/search \\ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \\ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \\ -d '{ "query": [ "What is Comet Browser?", "Perplexity AI", "Perplexity Changelog" ] }' | jq` }, { language: 'python', code: `from perplexity import Perplexity client = Perplexity() search = client.search.create( query=[ "What is Comet Browser?", "Perplexity AI", "Perplexity Changelog" ] ) for result in search.results: print(f"{result.title}: {result.url}")` }, { language: 'typescript', code: `import Perplexity from '@perplexity-ai/perplexity_ai'; const client = new Perplexity(); const search = await client.search.create({ query: [ "What is Comet Browser?", "Perplexity AI", "Perplexity Changelog" ] }); search.results.forEach(result => { console.log(\`\${result.title}: \${result.url}\`); });` }] }, { label: 'Use Any Frontier Model', codeExamples: [{ language: 'bash', code: `curl https://api.perplexity.ai/v1/responses \\ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \\ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \\ -d '{ "model": "openai/gpt-5.2", "input": "What are the major AI developments and announcements from today across the tech industry?" }' | jq` }, { language: 'python', code: `from perplexity import Perplexity client = Perplexity() response = client.responses.create( model="openai/gpt-5.2", input="What are the major AI developments and announcements from today across the tech industry?" ) print(response.output_text)` }, { language: 'javascript', code: `import Perplexity from '@perplexity-ai/perplexity_ai'; const client = new Perplexity(); const response = await client.responses.create({ model: 'openai/gpt-5.2', input: 'What are the major AI developments and announcements from today across the tech industry?' }); console.log(response.output_text);` }] }, { label: 'Filter your sources', codeExamples: [{ language: 'bash', code: `curl https://api.perplexity.ai/v1/responses \\ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \\ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \\ -d '{ "model": "openai/gpt-5.2", "input": "What are the most promising machine learning breakthroughs in computer vision and multimodal AI from recent arXiv publications?", "tools": [ { "type": "web_search", "filters": { "search_domain_filter": ["arxiv.org"], "search_recency_filter": "month" } } ], "instructions": "You have access to a web_search tool. Use it for current information." }' | jq` }, { language: 'python', code: `from perplexity import Perplexity client = Perplexity() response = client.responses.create( model="openai/gpt-5.2", input="What are the most promising machine learning breakthroughs in computer vision and multimodal AI from recent arXiv publications?", tools=[ { "type": "web_search", "filters": { "search_domain_filter": ["arxiv.org"], "search_recency_filter": "month" } } ], instructions="You have access to a web_search tool. Use it for current information." ) print(response.output_text)` }, { language: 'javascript', code: `import Perplexity from '@perplexity-ai/perplexity_ai'; const client = new Perplexity(); const response = await client.responses.create({ model: 'openai/gpt-5.2', input: 'What are the most promising machine learning breakthroughs in computer vision and multimodal AI from recent arXiv publications?', tools: [ { type: 'web_search', filters: { search_domain_filter: ['arxiv.org'], search_recency_filter: 'month' } } ], instructions: 'You have access to a web_search tool. Use it for current information.' }); console.log(response.output_text);` }] }, { label: 'Structure Results', codeExamples: [{ language: 'bash', code: `curl https://api.perplexity.ai/v1/responses \\ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \\ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \\ -d '{ "model": "openai/gpt-5.2", "input": "What were the largest AI startup funding rounds announced this week?", "tools": [{"type": "web_search"}], "response_format": { "type": "json_schema", "json_schema": { "name": "funding_rounds", "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "deals": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "company": {"type": "string"}, "amount": {"type": "string"}, "round": {"type": "string"}, "lead_investors": { "type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"} } }, "required": ["company", "amount", "round", "lead_investors"] } } }, "required": ["deals"] } } } }' | jq` }, { language: 'python', code: `from perplexity import Perplexity client = Perplexity() response = client.responses.create( model="openai/gpt-5.2", input="What were the largest AI startup funding rounds announced this week?", tools=[{"type": "web_search"}], response_format={ "type": "json_schema", "json_schema": { "name": "funding_rounds", "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "deals": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "company": {"type": "string"}, "amount": {"type": "string"}, "round": {"type": "string"}, "lead_investors": { "type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"} } }, "required": ["company", "amount", "round", "lead_investors"] } } }, "required": ["deals"] } } } ) print(response.output_text)` }, { language: 'javascript', code: `import Perplexity from '@perplexity-ai/perplexity_ai'; const client = new Perplexity(); const response = await client.responses.create({ model: 'openai/gpt-5.2', input: 'What were the largest AI startup funding rounds announced this week?', tools: [{ type: 'web_search' }], response_format: { type: 'json_schema', json_schema: { name: 'funding_rounds', schema: { type: 'object', properties: { deals: { type: 'array', items: { type: 'object', properties: { company: { type: 'string' }, amount: { type: 'string' }, round: { type: 'string' }, lead_investors: { type: 'array', items: { type: 'string' } } }, required: ['company', 'amount', 'round', 'lead_investors'] } } }, required: ['deals'] } } } }); console.log(response.output_text);` }] }]; const selectedUseCase = useCases[selected]; return

              {selectedUseCase.codeExamples[1].code}

              {selectedUseCase.codeExamples[2].code}

              {selectedUseCase.codeExamples[0].code}

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; };

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