# Able to specify sources similar to the Perplexity UI?

**URL:** <https://community.perplexity.ai/t/able-to-specify-sources-similar-to-the-perplexity-ui/634>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 9, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/able-to-specify-sources-similar-to-the-perplexity-ui/634 "2025-07-09T22:05:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![SDCUF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.perplexity.ai/sdcuf/32/369_2.png) [@SDCUF](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/SDCUF)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/able-to-specify-sources-similar-to-the-perplexity-ui/634/1 "2025-07-09T22:05:53Z")

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Hi.

The Perplexity UI allows me to select sources such as my Google Drive files as well as other connectors.

The API seems to be limited to only web search and academic paper search?

Am I missing something? Could someone confirm my conclusion?

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**Author:** ![Kesku](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.perplexity.ai/kesku/32/898_2.png) [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/able-to-specify-sources-similar-to-the-perplexity-ui/634/2 "2025-07-12T18:17:51Z")

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Hi! You’re correct that the API doesn’t yet support personal sources like Google Drive or other connectors available in the Perplexity UI.

Right now, the API mainly supports:

- **Web search** (including academic and news sources)
- **[Search domain filtering](https://docs.perplexity.ai/feature-roadmap#multimedia-capabilities)** (via `search_domain_filter`, for inclusion/exclusion of specific websites)

However, support for **file search and external connectors** _is_ on the [roadmap](https://docs.perplexity.ai/feature-roadmap#multimedia-capabilities). The team is actively working on bringing parity with the UI -so things like document search and connector integration are coming!

For now, if you need tighter control over sources, you can use `search_domain_filter` to include or exclude up to 10 domains per request. Example:

```json
"search_domain_filter": ["nasa.gov", "wikipedia.org", "-pinterest.com"]

```

You can keep an eye on API updates via [the changelog](https://docs.perplexity.ai/changelog/changelog) or [submit feature requests here](http://community.perplexity.ai/c/ideas/11).

Hope that helps!