# Perplexity API doesn't support tool call, even though Llama 3.1 does

**URL:** <https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-api-doesnt-support-tool-call-even-though-llama-3-1-does/61>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [May 15, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-api-doesnt-support-tool-call-even-though-llama-3-1-does/61 "2025-05-15T00:11:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![vikvang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/67e7ee/32.png) [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-api-doesnt-support-tool-call-even-though-llama-3-1-does/61/1 "2025-05-15T00:11:57Z")

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Perplexity API doesn’t support tool call, even though Llama 3.1 does.

So will it be supported in the future?

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**Author:** ![vikvang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/67e7ee/32.png) [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-api-doesnt-support-tool-call-even-though-llama-3-1-does/61/2 "2025-05-15T00:11:59Z")

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We are looking into this but no concrete timeline as of now.