# Hot **URL:** https://community.perplexity.ai/hot.md?page=10 [Latest](https://community.perplexity.ai/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.perplexity.ai/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.perplexity.ai/tags.md) **Page:** 11 --- ## [Parameter set up](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/parameter-set-up/1518)
**Author:** [@Khang\_Nguy\_n](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Khang_Nguy_n)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/parameter-set-up/1518 "2025-09-22T13:16:59Z")
Hi everyone, This is my first time using the API to call large language models. I am quite confused about setting parameters. In the OpenAI documentation, there are parameters like temperature, top\_k, … to control the m… --- ## [Audio file returned as a textual summary](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/audio-file-returned-as-a-textual-summary/1523)
**Author:** [@Yazherot](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Yazherot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/audio-file-returned-as-a-textual-summary/1523 "2025-09-22T15:05:37Z")
Hello everyone! I’m new to this API and I haven’t yet found the answer to my questions in the documentation. I’m working on a project where I need to send an audio file to the API and have it return a summary of the co… --- ## [Sonar python api code](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/sonar-python-api-code/1531)
**Author:** [@Brembo](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Brembo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/sonar-python-api-code/1531 "2025-09-23T03:54:40Z")
import requests import time import sys import threading def query\_perplexity\_sonar(api\_key, query, model="sonar"): """ Function to send a query to the Perplexity Sonar API. - api\_key: Your API key - quer… --- ## [Feature Request: Add 'Chat Mode' Toggle for Natural Conversational Outputs](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/feature-request-add-chat-mode-toggle-for-natural-conversational-outputs/1538)
**Author:** [@shaurya\_duggal](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/shaurya_duggal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/feature-request-add-chat-mode-toggle-for-natural-conversational-outputs/1538 "2025-09-23T14:56:07Z")
:rocket: Feature Request I would like to propose adding a ‘Chat Mode’ toggle to Perplexity that provides natural, conversational outputs similar to ChatGPT’s dialogue-heavy responses, rather than the current search-focu… --- ## [Regression: API no longer parses PDF URLs](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/regression-api-no-longer-parses-pdf-urls/1547)
**Author:** [@Fanciful\_lemur](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Fanciful_lemur)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/regression-api-no-longer-parses-pdf-urls/1547 "2025-09-24T02:57:51Z")
:bug: Describe the Bug I previously used the Perplexity API to build a script that parses multiple PDFs to extract specific information. When I first tested it in August, everything worked correctly and the API was able … --- ## [Python SDK streaming not working](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/python-sdk-streaming-not-working/1559)
**Author:** [@Eshan\_Govil](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Eshan_Govil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/python-sdk-streaming-not-working/1559 "2025-09-25T00:04:51Z")
:bug: Describe the Bug When I following the quickstart guide example for doing a streaming response using the Python SDK, it does not work. The chat completion create is supposed to return a stream that we iterate throug… --- ## [Input mid-processing](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/input-mid-processing/1594)
**Author:** [@Aarsan](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Aarsan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/input-mid-processing/1594 "2025-09-26T03:48:17Z")
:rocket: Feature Request Enable a mid-input system for AI Browser tasks, allowing users to provide additional data or guidance during multi-step automations (e.g., form filling, checkout flows), rather than only before … --- ## [I working on n8n , but perplexity node can't accept API, even I have correct API. somebody help me](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/i-working-on-n8n-but-perplexity-node-cant-accept-api-even-i-have-correct-api-somebody-help-me/1639)
**Author:** [@2025\_Taichel](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/2025_Taichel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/i-working-on-n8n-but-perplexity-node-cant-accept-api-even-i-have-correct-api-somebody-help-me/1639 "2025-09-27T17:24:23Z")
I can’t not do a crudential API key on perplexity node. I working in n8n --- ## [Web sources: list potential targeted sources](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/web-sources-list-potential-targeted-sources/1666)
**Author:** [@lglassop](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/lglassop)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/web-sources-list-potential-targeted-sources/1666 "2025-09-29T02:14:15Z")
I’d like to be able to offer my users a list of potential web sources to target their web search; e.g., magazine articles, news articles, government reports, and so on. How could I achieve that? --- ## [Large snippets legality](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/large-snippets-legality/1676)
**Author:** [@Alex\_Kirilov](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Alex_Kirilov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/large-snippets-legality/1676 "2025-09-29T10:46:31Z")
Hi, community Our legal team raised concerns about the legality of using Perplexity web Search API as sometimes it retrieves almost whole page as “snippet” but it covers full content of the page. We are building a trend… --- ## [How to attach a file to api request from python? haven't found a toy example of that](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/how-to-attach-a-file-to-api-request-from-python-havent-found-a-toy-example-of-that/71)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/how-to-attach-a-file-to-api-request-from-python-havent-found-a-toy-example-of-that/71 "2025-09-29T14:54:00Z")
I’m just trying to use the API to make a simple requests including a prompt and an attached file from python but I haven’t found a toy example of how to do that with a Pro account. --- ## [Privacy / No trace of Search API?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/privacy-no-trace-of-search-api/1719)
**Author:** [@zmazz](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/zmazz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/privacy-no-trace-of-search-api/1719 "2025-10-01T12:32:22Z")
Hello, I am working with clients who are very privacy sensitive - they work either on-prem or inside a VPC, and we previously implemented internet access for RAG agents through a well seggregated architecture for the in… --- ## [This is my idea for making the future of perplexity](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/this-is-my-idea-for-making-the-future-of-perplexity/1810)
**Author:** [@yashwin\_visakan](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/yashwin_visakan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/this-is-my-idea-for-making-the-future-of-perplexity/1810 "2025-10-05T15:22:35Z")
:rocket: Feature Request AI Desktop Assistant for Windows: Automate OS and App Tasks Beyond Browser :magnifying\_glass\_tilted\_left: Problem Statement Current AI-powered browsers like Comet are limited to web-based automa… --- ## [Repository-Specific Private Key Authentication for Secure AI Access to Private GitHub Repositories](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/repository-specific-private-key-authentication-for-secure-ai-access-to-private-github-repositories/1906)
**Author:** [@PhaseV80](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/PhaseV80)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/repository-specific-private-key-authentication-for-secure-ai-access-to-private-github-repositories/1906 "2025-10-08T21:18:15Z")
:rocket: Feature Request Repository-specific private key authentication for secure AI access to private GitHub repositories. :magnifying\_glass\_tilted\_left: Problem Statement Currently, AI tools like Perplexity AI can on… --- ## [Query Length restriction in Search API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/query-length-restriction-in-search-api/1922)
**Author:** [@abinash](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/abinash)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/query-length-restriction-in-search-api/1922 "2025-10-09T09:24:39Z")
want to know if there are any query length restrictions in the search API. Asking this because, i was trying the playground and i couldn’t give more than 256 chars --- ## [API Permission denied problem](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-permission-denied-problem/1973)
**Author:** [@rohit\_bajaj](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/rohit_bajaj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-permission-denied-problem/1973 "2025-10-10T21:53:39Z")
:bug: Hi, has anyone faced this weird problem while using search API - Error - PermissionDeniedError(‘Just a moment…\ **Author:** [@cvaliente](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/cvaliente)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/sonar-pro-api-in-cline-is-responding-but-not-acting-as-an-agent-is-tool-calling-supported/2028 "2025-10-13T13:07:34Z") I’m trying to use Sonar Pro in VSCode through the Cline extension, but the experience is very poor. It responds with an explanation, and when I ask it to execute or apply the changes, it just repeats the same response wi… --- ## [Thumbnail\_url in Video in search API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/thumbnail-url-in-video-in-search-api/2096)
**Author:** [@JerdO](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/JerdO)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/thumbnail-url-in-video-in-search-api/2096 "2025-10-16T10:29:28Z")
Here’s a clean, ready-to-send bug report in English using your details: :bug: Describe the Bug For video results, the thumbnail\_url field sometimes contains the video page URL (e.g., a YouTube watch URL) instead of a d… --- ## [Request for Clarification and Activation of API Access (Invalid Model Error – AI Risk Analysis Project)](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/request-for-clarification-and-activation-of-api-access-invalid-model-error-ai-risk-analysis-project/2177)
**Author:** [@Eesh\_Kerwin\_Gaur](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Eesh_Kerwin_Gaur)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/request-for-clarification-and-activation-of-api-access-invalid-model-error-ai-risk-analysis-project/2177 "2025-10-22T01:55:00Z")
I am currently developing an AI-powered risk assessment and adverse media screening dashboard that integrates the Perplexity API to analyze financial crime-related news and entities. The project is designed to demonstrat… --- ## [I need to generate the content response without truncate](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/i-need-to-generate-the-content-response-without-truncate/1968)
**Author:** [@Suresh\_Chilakala](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Suresh_Chilakala)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/i-need-to-generate-the-content-response-without-truncate/1968 "2025-10-22T02:09:27Z")
I have implemented the code with this prompt to generate the content with token limit 400.but i want to generate the content with token limit 400 without truncate the response. below is the prompt is i am using a target… --- ## [Rate Limits, 429 Errors, and Errors in Structured Outputs](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/rate-limits-429-errors-and-errors-in-structured-outputs/1990)
**Author:** [@Romil\_Jain](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Romil_Jain)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/rate-limits-429-errors-and-errors-in-structured-outputs/1990 "2025-10-22T02:10:43Z")
Hi Perplexity team, I had a few questions/issues: I received 5k API Credits as part of an accelerator, and I’m still in Tier 0. Daniel from the email startups@perplexity.ai told me it’s a mistake and I should have Tier… --- ## [can i set a Prompt for the api requests?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/can-i-set-a-prompt-for-the-api-requests/2030)
**Author:** [@ErrorHunter](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/ErrorHunter)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/can-i-set-a-prompt-for-the-api-requests/2030 "2025-10-22T02:19:52Z")
can i set a Prompt for the api requests? --- ## [Date Range Filtering Capability for Search API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/date-range-filtering-capability-for-search-api/1894)
**Author:** [@Kundan\_S\_Rao](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kundan_S_Rao)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/date-range-filtering-capability-for-search-api/1894 "2025-10-22T02:20:43Z")
:rocket: Feature Request Add Date Range Filtering Capability for the Search API :magnifying\_glass\_tilted\_left: Problem Statement Currently, the Perplexity Search API does not support filtering results by date range (e.… --- ## [Pereplexity Deep Research Report Cut-Off Midway](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/pereplexity-deep-research-report-cut-off-midway/2059)
**Author:** [@SuitToSweats](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/SuitToSweats)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/pereplexity-deep-research-report-cut-off-midway/2059 "2025-10-22T03:10:19Z")
:bug: Describe the Bug Setting max\_tokens to 125,000 results in the response being cut off at ~11.7k tokens mid way through the report with the following final response from the API. The report is cut-off mid sentence (f… --- ## [Multi-Query Mode in Perplexity Search API Not Working](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/multi-query-mode-in-perplexity-search-api-not-working/2061)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Tam](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Brian_Tam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/multi-query-mode-in-perplexity-search-api-not-working/2061 "2025-10-23T16:53:11Z")
:bug: Describe the Bug When using the Perplexity Search API in multi-query mode by passing a list of queries, only results for the first query are returned. Queries beyond the first one are seemingly ignored, despite the… --- ## [Pricing for Return\_Images?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/pricing-for-return-images/2244)
**Author:** [@Adam.d.developer](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Adam.d.developer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/pricing-for-return-images/2244 "2025-10-23T19:05:43Z")
I can’t find any details regarding the pricing of returning images with Sonar. I am referencing this: Returning Images with Sonar - Perplexity --- ## [\# Perplexity Sonar Deep Research Model Timeout Issue - Seeking Solution](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-sonar-deep-research-model-timeout-issue-seeking-solution/2094)
**Author:** [@yila](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/yila)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-sonar-deep-research-model-timeout-issue-seeking-solution/2094 "2025-10-25T04:04:49Z")
:bug: Describe the Bug ## Problem Summary I’m experiencing consistent timeout issues with the \`sonar-deep-research\` model in my production application. The model works fine for simple requests but consistently times out… --- ## [Bug Report: Perplexity API Blocking Technical Code Analysis Prompts](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/bug-report-perplexity-api-blocking-technical-code-analysis-prompts/2285)
**Author:** [@Vale](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Vale)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/bug-report-perplexity-api-blocking-technical-code-analysis-prompts/2285 "2025-10-27T15:29:40Z")
:bug: Describe the Bug When sending a complex prompt to the Perplexity API, the request is blocked or fails, even though it should be processed normally. The system doesn’t provide a clear error message and unexpectedly … --- ## [Why does the Perplexity Sonar PRO API fail to fetch detailed profiles from web links like the Perplexity Chat UI does—should I use a different Perplexity model for this?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/why-does-the-perplexity-sonar-pro-api-fail-to-fetch-detailed-profiles-from-web-links-like-the-perplexity-chat-ui-does-should-i-use-a-different-perplexity-model-for-this/2338)
**Author:** [@divij\_goyal](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/divij_goyal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/why-does-the-perplexity-sonar-pro-api-fail-to-fetch-detailed-profiles-from-web-links-like-the-perplexity-chat-ui-does-should-i-use-a-different-perplexity-model-for-this/2338 "2025-10-28T20:12:36Z")
I want to ask following questions, write is in 1 line So basically for my AI cloning app, I want to people a feature where they simply add thier profile link and using that link we search through Internet and create a d… --- ## [Ability to disable models](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/ability-to-disable-models/5081)
**Author:** [@indrani\_gajjarapu](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/indrani_gajjarapu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/ability-to-disable-models/5081 "2026-06-18T00:44:06Z")
Ability to disable models would be a great feature for multiple reasons. Personally, I do not trust OpenAI or Grok - specially when they are planning to have ads in there. Is this in the pipeline or something that can e… [Previous page](https://community.perplexity.ai/hot.md?page=9) [Next page](https://community.perplexity.ai/hot.md?page=11)