# Hot **URL:** https://community.perplexity.ai/hot.md?page=8 [Latest](https://community.perplexity.ai/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.perplexity.ai/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.perplexity.ai/tags.md) **Page:** 9 --- ## [Completions api is not giving back only json](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/completions-api-is-not-giving-back-only-json/127)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/completions-api-is-not-giving-back-only-json/127 "2025-05-15T00:27:20Z")
I am requesting a json, but get it back as a text: { "model": "sonar", "messages": \[ { "role": "system", "content": "Be precise and concise." }, { "role": "user", "content": "Tell… --- ## [API response is different to web response](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-response-is-different-to-web-response/130)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-response-is-different-to-web-response/130 "2025-05-15T00:27:47Z")
I love the answers for the web input, IE I ask what does the company at www.websitename.com do But when I ask this via the API, and use the sonar model. I get Unfortunately, the search results do not provide specific in… --- ## [API billing logic](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-billing-logic/131)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-billing-logic/131 "2025-05-15T00:27:51Z")
If i am using api to get response and if the api returns 5xx or other then success, will I be charged ? --- ## [Can I disable the built-in citation for some requests?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/can-i-disable-the-built-in-citation-for-some-requests/134)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/can-i-disable-the-built-in-citation-for-some-requests/134 "2025-05-15T00:28:09Z")
It’s unnecessary for my service to enable the citation feature all the time, so I’m wondering if it’s possible to disable it by a slight tweak? --- ## [Disable search in API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/disable-search-in-api/135)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/disable-search-in-api/135 "2025-05-15T00:28:16Z")
How can I disable the sonar reasoning search function in the API? I mainly want to use the uncensored version of the Deepseek R1 model. --- ## [Request for Auto-Verification of Images in Perplexity API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/request-for-auto-verification-of-images-in-perplexity-api/136)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/request-for-auto-verification-of-images-in-perplexity-api/136 "2025-05-15T00:28:20Z")
Request for Auto-Verification of Images in Perplexity API Dear Team Perplexity, I hope this message finds you well. As a verified user of the Perplexity API, I’ve noticed that the images provided in the API responses st… --- ## [\[BUG\] - Streaming Broken with Sonar Reasoning Pro](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/bug-streaming-broken-with-sonar-reasoning-pro/129)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/bug-streaming-broken-with-sonar-reasoning-pro/129 "2025-05-16T21:11:15Z")
Description The new sonar-reasoning-pro model returns an internal server error when attempting to use streaming. Below is an example API call: import os from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI(api\_key=os.environ.get("… --- ## [Why can't use OpenAI, Claude Model, Languages other than English have serious performance issues](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/why-cant-use-openai-claude-model-languages-other-than-english-have-serious-performance-issues/69)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/why-cant-use-openai-claude-model-languages-other-than-english-have-serious-performance-issues/69 "2025-05-16T21:14:42Z")
I am a user using the API, but in the case of languages ​​other than English, the performance is so poor that I cannot use it with the currently available model. Can you make it possible to utilize the OpenAI and Claude… --- ## [Bad requests leak verbose logs](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/bad-requests-leak-verbose-logs/108)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/bad-requests-leak-verbose-logs/108 "2025-05-16T21:19:30Z")
I just want to flag that certain malformed requests leak error messages that show more information about the API than they should. Nothing serious but I wanted to flag. { "model": "sonar-pro", "messages": \[ { … --- ## [\](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-model-mismatch-sonar-deep-research-returns-sonar-reasoning-pro/144)
**Author:** [@jamesliounis](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/jamesliounis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-model-mismatch-sonar-deep-research-returns-sonar-reasoning-pro/144 "2025-05-16T21:27:56Z")
:bug: Describe the Bug We’re making API calls to the Sonar Deep Research model, but the responses we receive come from Sonar Reasoning Pro. Additionally, the dashboard shows usage of Reasoning Pro and we’re being billed … --- ## [Request regarding detailed costs for API use](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/request-regarding-detailed-costs-for-api-use/96)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/request-regarding-detailed-costs-for-api-use/96 "2025-05-16T21:31:29Z")
Hi to all, doing great job with the API!!! I now want to clarify the actual exact cost structure, because I want to implement this in my script. I have seen the following: Model Price per 1000 requests Price per 1… --- ## [Financial Data Hallucinations](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/financial-data-hallucinations/145)
**Author:** [@jamesliounis](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/jamesliounis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/financial-data-hallucinations/145 "2025-05-16T21:44:33Z")
:bug: Describe the Bug The Perplexity API on the sonar-reasoning-pro model is hallucinating the price of stock price. Returned Response: D-Wave Quantum Inc. (QBTS) Current Price: $4.20 Order Type: Limit Order Limit Pri… --- ## [Extracting metadata from images using perplexity API?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/extracting-metadata-from-images-using-perplexity-api/90)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/extracting-metadata-from-images-using-perplexity-api/90 "2025-05-16T21:52:49Z")
Can we extract metadata from images using perplexity API? --- ## [Order of citations and images](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/order-of-citations-and-images/132)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/order-of-citations-and-images/132 "2025-05-16T23:07:39Z")
Scattered through a response might be \[1\], \[2\], \[3\]… Citations are listed separate. Can I assume that \[1\] == citations\[0\], \[2\] == citations\[1\], etc.? Also, what do the images correspond to? Are they random? --- ## [Structured output / JSON schema support](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/structured-output-json-schema-support/73)
**Author:** [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/structured-output-json-schema-support/73 "2025-05-16T23:08:26Z")
It would be great if the API support passing a JSON schema that specifies the format the response should conform to, similar to OpenAI. This would make it much easier to programmatically handle messages in API responses … --- ## [Request to add custom topics to the profile personalization option](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/request-to-add-custom-topics-to-the-profile-personalization-option/148)
**Author:** [@staceyodell](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/staceyodell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/request-to-add-custom-topics-to-the-profile-personalization-option/148 "2025-05-19T19:22:43Z")
Is there a way you can add more drop down options for this? I would love to have things like data science python university or Arizona dachshunds etc. there is no option for them to be any different. --- ## [Submitting more than one project for the hackathon?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/submitting-more-than-one-project-for-the-hackathon/156)
**Author:** [@Gurneesh\_Budhiraja](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Gurneesh_Budhiraja)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/submitting-more-than-one-project-for-the-hackathon/156 "2025-05-22T00:39:38Z")
Hi there, just want to know that is it alright to submit more than one project for the hackathon? Thanks --- ## [Perplexity Hackathon Submission](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-hackathon-submission/217)
**Author:** [@Bhavya\_Jain](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Bhavya_Jain)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-hackathon-submission/217 "2025-05-25T21:56:13Z")
For hackathon do we need to submit private repo url only? If our repo is public do we need to change visibility? --- ## [Q: Showing Think results in sonar-pro and others via CURL API?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/q-showing-think-results-in-sonar-pro-and-others-via-curl-api/162)
**Author:** [@yosun](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/yosun)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/q-showing-think-results-in-sonar-pro-and-others-via-curl-api/162 "2025-05-26T12:05:59Z")
Q: How do u show Think results in sonar-pro and others via CURL API structured outputs? --- ## [Posting image to sonar-deep-research leads to 500 error](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/posting-image-to-sonar-deep-research-leads-to-500-error/204)
**Author:** [@yosun](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/yosun)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/posting-image-to-sonar-deep-research-leads-to-500-error/204 "2025-06-02T00:26:21Z")
:bug: Describe the Bug Posted an image to sonar-deep-research but got a 500 error :white\_check\_mark: Expected Behavior What you expected to happen. :cross\_mark: Actual Behavior HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error Date: … --- ## [Reasoning not always correctly enclosed in \`\...\\`](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/reasoning-not-always-correctly-enclosed-in-think-think/199)
**Author:** [@tonyaldon](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/tonyaldon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/reasoning-not-always-correctly-enclosed-in-think-think/199 "2025-06-02T00:27:02Z")
:bug: Describe the Bug Reasoning when using r1-1776 model seems to not be always correctly enclosed in \...\. :white\_check\_mark: Expected Behavior I expected the reasoning to always be enclosed in \.… --- ## [Issue with Sonar through API (Unsure of other models)](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/issue-with-sonar-through-api-unsure-of-other-models/429)
**Author:** [@Manan\_Pandya](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Manan_Pandya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/issue-with-sonar-through-api-unsure-of-other-models/429 "2025-06-08T21:43:11Z")
:bug: Describe the Bug So i am using the sonar api to power a real time search element. When i tested with “Give me latest news on Donald Trump” it replied back with Donald Trump is scheduled to take office for the secon… --- ## [Voice mode screen demonstration](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/voice-mode-screen-demonstration/186)
**Author:** [@Frostuk](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Frostuk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/voice-mode-screen-demonstration/186 "2025-06-10T22:03:32Z")
I would really like to be able to demonstrate my perplexity screen in voice mode. So that you can ask questions about the image on the screen. You can just make a button in voice mode where you can select a monitor to d… --- ## [How do I create a new project?](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/how-do-i-create-a-new-project/531)
**Author:** [@juvjtwuus](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/juvjtwuus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/how-do-i-create-a-new-project/531 "2025-06-11T15:45:55Z")
As you can see in the attached photo, the project isn’t being created, and I’m not sure why. I would really appreciate your help. --- ## [Possible overcharge on our account](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/possible-overcharge-on-our-account/425)
**Author:** [@tajjy\_29010](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/tajjy_29010)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/possible-overcharge-on-our-account/425 "2025-06-12T00:17:44Z")
We had gap between amount charged on our account and actual usage on our API usage report, and it seems that credit has been disappeared from our account. We would like to clarify the facts on this issue as soon as poss… --- ## [More transparity and options for Perplexity pro application "labs" features](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/more-transparity-and-options-for-perplexity-pro-application-labs-features/560)
**Author:** [@Whimsical\_Humdrum](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Whimsical_Humdrum)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/more-transparity-and-options-for-perplexity-pro-application-labs-features/560 "2025-06-16T21:33:45Z")
:rocket: Feature Request . In-app parameter options and enhanced documentation or examples for perplexity.ai pro application’s “labs” features :magnifying\_glass\_tilted\_left: Problem Statement Labs capabilities and limit… --- ## [Location Filter is borderline useless in the API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/location-filter-is-borderline-useless-in-the-api/566)
**Author:** [@\_he](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/_he)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/location-filter-is-borderline-useless-in-the-api/566 "2025-06-18T18:19:53Z")
NOTE THAT I HAD TO REMOVE THE H FROM HTTPS LINKS BECAUSE THAT THIS FORUM SAID “NEW USERS CAN ONLY HAVE 2 LINKS PER POST”. :bug: Describe the Bug Instead of giving actual recommendations of nearby restaurants or being ab… --- ## [Request with country code:"PR" fails in Chat Completions API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/request-with-country-code-pr-fails-in-chat-completions-api/610)
**Author:** [@Michal\_Horzela](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Michal_Horzela)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/request-with-country-code-pr-fails-in-chat-completions-api/610 "2025-07-01T10:22:36Z")
:bug: Describe the Bug HTTP 400 returnd on Completion API when request is done with “web\_search\_options” “country” param set to : “PR” (proper 2-digit code for Puerto Rico) :white\_check\_mark: Expected Behavior Expect… --- ## [Feature Proposal: Detached Spaces – Standalone AI Mini-Apps](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/feature-proposal-detached-spaces-standalone-ai-mini-apps/615)
**Author:** [@Lester\_DeBoue](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Lester_DeBoue)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/feature-proposal-detached-spaces-standalone-ai-mini-apps/615 "2025-07-02T07:38:56Z")
Hi Perplexity team and community, I’m Lester DeBoue, and I’d like to propose an original feature called “Detached Spaces.” This would allow users to create fully standalone, AI-powered mini-apps—each with its own person… --- ## [Lack of transparency on usage/pricing + ghosting from customer support](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/lack-of-transparency-on-usage-pricing-ghosting-from-customer-support/620)
**Author:** [@bav.richard](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/bav.richard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/lack-of-transparency-on-usage-pricing-ghosting-from-customer-support/620 "2025-07-03T09:10:38Z")
This originally was posted on \[r/perplexity\_ai\] subreddit, was redirected by a mod from there. I started experimenting around a month ago with Perplexity API. I wanted to build up a couple of simple workflows for myse… [Previous page](https://community.perplexity.ai/hot.md?page=7) [Next page](https://community.perplexity.ai/hot.md?page=9)