User Location filter dont work

General
1

I have a simple question for people used to Perplexity, this is what appears in the perplexity documentation:

import requests

url = "https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"}
payload = {
    "model": "sonar-pro",
    "messages": [
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful local guide."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "What are some good coffee shops nearby?"}
    ],
    "web_search_options": {
      "user_location": {
        "latitude": 37.7749,
        "longitude": -122.4194
      }
    }
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
print(response.json())

but if a run that code this error appears:

{‘error’: {‘message’: “Validation error: For localization, latitude and longitude must be provided together alongside the ‘country’ parameter.”, ‘type’: ‘lat_long_without_country’, ‘code’: 400}}

so.. what should I do? is this a bug?

2

Thanks for flagging this! I’m working on reproducing this issue right now.

3

Looks like it is a bug! We’ll update the documentation accordingly. Adding the country code (shown above) will give a valid response. The latitude and longitude params are then used to filter locations within the specified country.

4

So… there’s no way to search by location without the country code? In the case I’m working with, I only have the latitude and longitude.

5

Right now, no. The team is actively working on making this possible!

6

Just noting that this issue is also affecting me.

Thanks!