# Hot **URL:** https://community.perplexity.ai/hot.md?page=6 [Latest](https://community.perplexity.ai/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.perplexity.ai/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.perplexity.ai/tags.md) **Page:** 7 --- ## [Subpar responses when using pplx api when compared to perplexity labs](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/subpar-responses-when-using-pplx-api-when-compared-to-perplexity-labs/58)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/subpar-responses-when-using-pplx-api-when-compared-to-perplexity-labs/58 "2025-05-15T00:11:40Z")
I tried a few questions which needed knowledge of recent events (2-3 months back), and the api response claims to have never head of it while in labs I get the desired response everytime. I tried both sonar large online … --- ## [Cannot use spring-ai-openai-spring-boot-starter](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/cannot-use-spring-ai-openai-spring-boot-starter/59)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/cannot-use-spring-ai-openai-spring-boot-starter/59 "2025-05-15T00:11:46Z")
I wish to use spring-ai-openai-spring-boot-starter to develop my application. The library (as many other libraries do) adds /v1 to the configured spring.ai.openai.base-url=https://api.perplexity.ai/ resulting in a call … --- ## [API token usage reports and billing](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-token-usage-reports-and-billing/60)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-token-usage-reports-and-billing/60 "2025-05-15T00:11:53Z")
I’m testing the API. With minimal usage, the billing seems to be deducting excessively more than expected from my purchased credits. Is there a way to see how many API tokens I am using? --- ## [Perplexity API doesn't support tool call, even though Llama 3.1 does](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-api-doesnt-support-tool-call-even-though-llama-3-1-does/61)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-api-doesnt-support-tool-call-even-though-llama-3-1-does/61 "2025-05-15T00:11:59Z")
Perplexity API doesn’t support tool call, even though Llama 3.1 does. So will it be supported in the future? --- ## [Strange instances of hallucinations where "Initialized" and "assistant" were inserted into Perplexity API responses](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/strange-instances-of-hallucinations-where-initialized-and-assistant-were-inserted-into-perplexity-api-responses/62)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/strange-instances-of-hallucinations-where-initialized-and-assistant-were-inserted-into-perplexity-api-responses/62 "2025-05-15T00:12:04Z")
I’ve seen 3 instances recently where these words strangely seemed to leak into the output of the Perplexity API - 2 instances with Initialized and 1 instance of assistant. In each case the prompt was a yes/no question an… --- ## [Many HTTP status code 524 errors for API responses](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/many-http-status-code-524-errors-for-api-responses/63)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/many-http-status-code-524-errors-for-api-responses/63 "2025-05-15T00:12:10Z")
Hi, We’re facing many HTTP status code 524 errors of responses for API requests while rate limits are not hit obviously. Does anyone know if there is additional rate limit other than what is listed here Rate Limits - P… --- ## [Will we be getting Sonar Huge chat or llama-3.1-405B-instruct as options?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/will-we-be-getting-sonar-huge-chat-or-llama-3-1-405b-instruct-as-options/64)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/will-we-be-getting-sonar-huge-chat-or-llama-3-1-405b-instruct-as-options/64 "2025-05-15T00:12:15Z")
Will we be getting llama-3.1-sonar-huge-128k-chat or llama-3.1-405B-instruct as options? also, will we ever see llama-3.2? --- ## [Login required after 3 questions (in Browser)? No chat without account?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/login-required-after-3-questions-in-browser-no-chat-without-account/65)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/login-required-after-3-questions-in-browser-no-chat-without-account/65 "2025-05-15T00:12:21Z")
As I found out I am always prompted for a login after 3 questions to Perplexity in browser. So there is no workaround to evaluate Perplexity with account? --- ## [Why are citations hidden behind the closed beta version of the API?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/why-are-citations-hidden-behind-the-closed-beta-version-of-the-api/66)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/why-are-citations-hidden-behind-the-closed-beta-version-of-the-api/66 "2025-05-15T00:12:32Z")
If the whole point of this tool is to provide accurate answers searched online, why are the citations not available, and that I have to request for it to be enabled via the closed beta form? --- ## [Sources for perplexity](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/sources-for-perplexity/67)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/sources-for-perplexity/67 "2025-05-15T00:12:45Z")
wondering when it will be out of beta? --- ## [Pro Search API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/pro-search-api/68)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/pro-search-api/68 "2025-05-15T00:12:49Z")
Is there a plan or maybe even a timeline for pro search via API? --- ## [Is every API call separate?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/is-every-api-call-separate/70)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/is-every-api-call-separate/70 "2025-05-15T00:13:02Z")
I don’t see anything suggesting that a sequence of API calls are linked together as a conversation. So I guess the question is: Is each API call an isolated request? Is there a way I can have the same backend app mana… --- ## [Perplexity unable or unwilling to link amazon products?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-unable-or-unwilling-to-link-amazon-products/72)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-unable-or-unwilling-to-link-amazon-products/72 "2025-05-15T00:13:13Z")
I am trying to make an assistant that finds highly rated books on Amazon that cover a requested topic. I am using Perplexity API as well as trying on the perplexity.ai. I am finding that the results are fantastic, but fo… --- ## [API: Unable to use the "llama-3.1-sonar-huge-128k-online" model](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-unable-to-use-the-llama-3-1-sonar-huge-128k-online-model/74)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-unable-to-use-the-llama-3-1-sonar-huge-128k-online-model/74 "2025-05-15T00:13:28Z")
Summary I’m having trouble calling the “llama-3.1-sonar-huge-128k-online” model. When I make the call, I see that the request is being made. It takes about 60 seconds, then returns an error. Note: Using the “llama-3.1-… --- ## [Is there an option to upload a document and then ask questions about it in Perplexity API?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/is-there-an-option-to-upload-a-document-and-then-ask-questions-about-it-in-perplexity-api/75)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/is-there-an-option-to-upload-a-document-and-then-ask-questions-about-it-in-perplexity-api/75 "2025-05-15T00:13:34Z")
Hey, I wanted to know if its possible to upload documents and then asking questions related to it via Perplexity API? I couldn’t find anything related to it in the documentation. --- ## [Llama-3.1-sonar-small-128k-online not using web look-up](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/llama-3-1-sonar-small-128k-online-not-using-web-look-up/76)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/llama-3-1-sonar-small-128k-online-not-using-web-look-up/76 "2025-05-15T00:13:41Z")
I cannot get llama-3.1-sonar-small-128k-online to perform web look-ups, and it always produces results stating it is “unable to search the internet in real-time or access specific company databases directly”, is it possi… --- ## [Search\_domain\_filter not working, getting citations outside my domain list](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/search-domain-filter-not-working-getting-citations-outside-my-domain-list/77)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/search-domain-filter-not-working-getting-citations-outside-my-domain-list/77 "2025-05-15T00:13:54Z")
Hi all, I’m trying to make a api request like this url = "https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions" payload = { "model": "llama-3.1-sonar-large-128k-online", "messages": \[ { … --- ## [Beta features access](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/beta-features-access/78)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/beta-features-access/78 "2025-05-15T00:13:58Z")
Hello, Over the past six months, I have applied multiple times to the closed beta to gain access to the domain filter but have not received any response yet. Could you please provide more information about this process… --- ## [Technical Help: Which Tokenizer for Perplexity LLaMa Models?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/technical-help-which-tokenizer-for-perplexity-llama-models/79)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/technical-help-which-tokenizer-for-perplexity-llama-models/79 "2025-05-15T00:14:03Z")
Hi everyone! Does anyone know which tokenizer (and library) we should use to count tokens the exact way the Perplexity models do it? I’m integrating Perplexity’s LLaMa 3.1 models (small/large/huge online and small/larg… --- ## [Web search not being performed](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/web-search-not-being-performed/80)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/web-search-not-being-performed/80 "2025-05-15T00:14:09Z")
I’m submitting a “system” prompt with some examples, and then a “user” prompt similar to below, asking it to search the internet. Up until a week or 2 ago, this was consistently working and searching the internet correct… --- ## [Mixed Results with Perplexity API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/mixed-results-with-perplexity-api/81)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/mixed-results-with-perplexity-api/81 "2025-05-15T00:14:16Z")
So overall I’m happy with the API. As far as I know it’s the only one that is actually returning web results. I do not believe that this is a feature as of yet with ChatGPT or Gemini. What I’ve found is an extreme inc… --- ## [What is the max input token for api request?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/what-is-the-max-input-token-for-api-request/82)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/what-is-the-max-input-token-for-api-request/82 "2025-05-15T00:14:20Z")
What is the max input token for api request? --- ## [What is the SLA for rate limit increase request?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/what-is-the-sla-for-rate-limit-increase-request/83)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/what-is-the-sla-for-rate-limit-increase-request/83 "2025-05-15T00:14:24Z")
I have requested to increase the API rate limit and wanted to know what is the SLA for such request? I dont see any easy way to track my request status/progress. thanks --- ## [API Used as Web Search](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-used-as-web-search/84)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-used-as-web-search/84 "2025-05-15T00:14:31Z")
Hi everyone, we are using perplexity API as a web-search component in our agent app. What is the best practice of calling it as websearch? usually source links returned in API response are fewer than links returned in we… --- ## [Search for specific date range](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/search-for-specific-date-range/86)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/search-for-specific-date-range/86 "2025-05-15T00:14:41Z")
Hello and thanks for the great work here! The search\_recency\_filter field returns search results within the specified time interval (month, week, etc.). Is there a way to return results for specific dates? For example, … --- ## [Return\_citations, more details](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/return-citations-more-details/87)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/return-citations-more-details/87 "2025-05-15T00:14:52Z")
What return\_citations=true, it would be useful for the citations to include a title and description for each URL as they do today in the Graphical User Interface. It would also be useful to be able to control the number… --- ## [Citations which are not useful/relevant to the query](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/citations-which-are-not-useful-relevant-to-the-query/88)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/citations-which-are-not-useful-relevant-to-the-query/88 "2025-05-15T00:14:59Z")
The field response.choices\[0\].message.content returned a text that says that only two links were found relevant but the citations array contained 5 links. Indeed only the first two were relevant, and I have no clue how … --- ## [Can i use the upload files option through the perplexity API?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/can-i-use-the-upload-files-option-through-the-perplexity-api/92)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/can-i-use-the-upload-files-option-through-the-perplexity-api/92 "2025-05-15T00:15:29Z")
So the thing is my usecase involves uploading files that are over 128k tokens, so i need to upload them as files. It works through the interface but i didnt find any relevant docs related to it can you provide me with th… --- ## [Bug: Chat completions endpoint implements SSE via POST instead of GET](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/bug-chat-completions-endpoint-implements-sse-via-post-instead-of-get/93)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/bug-chat-completions-endpoint-implements-sse-via-post-instead-of-get/93 "2025-05-15T00:15:34Z")
I was running into a “method not allowed” when using stream and upon inspection I realised the API does not adhere to what I thought was the SSE spec by using a “POST” method for the server-sent events endpoint mode. Now… --- ## [Clarification on Perplexity API: Does it Provide Access to Search Functionality or Only AI Models?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/clarification-on-perplexity-api-does-it-provide-access-to-search-functionality-or-only-ai-models/94)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/clarification-on-perplexity-api-does-it-provide-access-to-search-functionality-or-only-ai-models/94 "2025-05-15T00:15:38Z")
Hello, I’m currently exploring the Perplexity API for a project and have encountered a key difference between the API responses and the real-time data I receive from the Perplexity web client. While the web client appe… [Previous page](https://community.perplexity.ai/hot.md?page=5) [Next page](https://community.perplexity.ai/hot.md?page=7)