Perplexity

The Perplexity Search API endpoint fetches response data from a results page of a Perplexity prompt. Results can be returned in raw HTML format or as a structured JSON format.

curl --request GET \
--url "https://api.scraperapi.com/structured/perplexity/search/v1?api_key=API_KEY&\
query=QUERY&output_format=OUTPUT_FORMAT&include_html=Boolean"

import requests

payload = {
    'api_key': 'API_KEY',
    'query': 'QUERY',
    'output_format': 'OUTPUT_FORMAT',
    'include_html': 'Boolean' #True/False
}

r = requests.get('https://api.scraperapi.com/structured/perplexity/search/v1',params=payload)

print(r.text)

import fetch from 'node-fetch';

fetch(
  'https://api.scraperapi.com/structured/perplexity/search/v1?api_key=API_KEY&query=QUERY&output_format=OUTPUT_FORMAT&include_html=Boolean'
)
  .then(response => response.json()) 
  .then(data => {
    console.log(data);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error(error);
  });

<?php
$url = "https://api.scraperapi.com/structured/perplexity/search/v1?api_key=API_KEY&query=QUERY&output_format=OUTPUT_FORMAT&include_html=Boolean";

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, FALSE);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

print_r($response);

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

params = {
  :api_key => "API_KEY",
  :query => "QUERY",
  :output_format => "OUTPUT_FORMAT",
  :include_html => "Boolean" #True/False
}

uri = URI('https://api.scraperapi.com/structured/perplexity/search/v1')
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

website_content = Net::HTTP.get(uri)
print(website_content)

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            String apiKey = "API_KEY";
            String query = "QUERY";
            String output_format = "output_format";
            String include_html = "Boolean"; // True/False

            String urlStr = "https://api.scraperapi.com/structured/perplexity/search/v1?api_key=" 
                            + apiKey + "&query=" + query + "&coutput_format=" + output_format + "&include_html=" + include_html;

            URL url = new URL(urlStr);
            HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            conn.setRequestMethod("GET");

            int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();
            if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
                BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
                StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
                String line;
                while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
                    response.append(line);
                }
                in.close();
                System.out.println(response.toString());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error in API Call. Response code: " + responseCode);
            }

        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Supported Parameters

Parameters

Details

API_KEY (required)

Your API Key.

QUERY (required)

The prompt to send to Perplexity.

OUTPUT_FORMAT

json returns parsed structured data (default). html returns raw HTML.

INCLUDE_HTML

Determines whether raw HTML is included in the response (this can increase the size of the response). Can be set to true or false (default).

JSON Response

{
  "query": "string",              // the submitted prompt, echoed back
  "url": "string|null",           // result/thread URL for the answer
  "model": "string|null",         // model that produced the answer (see notes)
  "answer": "string",             // the full answer, in Markdown
  "sources": [                    // citations / web results (may be empty)
    {
      "title": "string",
      "url": "string",
      "domain": "string",         // bare hostname, www. stripped
      "snippet": "string"         // may be empty when the engine gives none
    }
  ],
  "related_queries": ["string"]   // follow-up suggestions (may be empty)
}

Field Reference

Field

Type

Always present?

Notes

query

string

yes

Echoed prompt

url

string | null

yes

Result/thread URL

model

string | null

yes

Best-effort. null when not surfaced

answer

string (Markdown)

yes

The answer body

sources[]

array of object

yes (may be empty)

{ title, url, domain, snippet }

related_queries[]

array of string

yes (may be empty)

Follow-up suggestions

All fields are always present in the JSON (empty array or null rather than omitted).

Specifics

model

Populated for Perplexity. For example turbo.

sources

Present in the response.
snippet
domain is normalized to a bare hostname (www. stripped) across all engines.

related_queries

Present in the response (may be empty).

Example

{
  "query": "where to visit in Italy",
  "url": "https://www.perplexity.ai/search/6341fc7a-b727-4a08-8e66-49cbeef35407",
  "model": "turbo",
  "answer": "Italy offers a mix of history, cuisine, and scenery. Here are the must-see regions...\n\n- **Rome** ...\n- **Florence** ...",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Best Places To Visit In Italy For The First Time",
      "url": "https://earthtrekkers.com/best-places-to-visit-in-italy/",
      "domain": "earthtrekkers.com",
      "snippet": "Some destinations stand out more than the rest..."
    }
  ],
  "related_queries": [
    "Best time of year to visit Italy",
    "How many days do you need in Italy"
  ]
}

Pricing

Perplexity queries run on ScraperAPI's standard credit system.

Request Type

Credits Charged

Any Parameter

Last updated 15 days ago