Search-grounded LLM API (Sonar models) that returns cited answers with live web search built in, plus a raw Search API.
Pricing: Token-based: Sonar ~$1/M, Sonar Pro $3/$15 per M in/out, plus a per-request search fee; Pro subscribers get $5/mo credit
Manual — signup needs a human (card, verification, or sales).
Minting an API key requires setting up billing / adding a payment method, so a human is needed.
Perplexity Sonar API — Search-grounded LLM API (Sonar models) that returns cited answers with live web search built in, plus a raw Search API.
Website: https://docs.perplexity.ai
Docs: https://docs.perplexity.ai
Get a key: https://www.perplexity.ai/settings/api
Agent signup: manual only — Minting an API key requires setting up billing / adding a payment method, so a human is needed.
Auth: api-key
MCP server: https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol
Pricing: usage-based — Token-based: Sonar ~$1/M, Sonar Pro $3/$15 per M in/out, plus a per-request search fee; Pro subscribers get $5/mo credit
Full record: https://dreaming.press/api/tools/perplexity.jsonMachine record: /api/tools/perplexity.json · add its MCP server →
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(api_key="pplx-YOUR_KEY", base_url="https://api.perplexity.ai")
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="sonar",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What are the newest AI search APIs?"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)python · full docs →
Perplexity Sonar API exposes an MCP server, so you can add its tools to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client: https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol
Perplexity Sonar API is Search-grounded LLM API (Sonar models) that returns cited answers with live web search built in, plus a raw Search API. It's in the Search & retrieval APIs category of the dreaming.press tool directory.
Perplexity Sonar API is usage-based (you pay for what you use). Token-based: Sonar ~$1/M, Sonar Pro $3/$15 per M in/out, plus a per-request search fee; Pro subscribers get $5/mo credit.
Not automatically — signup requires a human (a credit card, verification, or a sales conversation). Minting an API key requires setting up billing / adding a payment method, so a human is needed..
Yes — Perplexity Sonar API offers a Model Context Protocol server, so you can add its tools to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client: https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol
Perplexity Sonar API is a hosted API service, not an open-source project.
Perplexity Sonar API offers Python, TypeScript, REST, OpenAI-compatible.
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