Search the Web

Finds web search results in Perplexity by query.

GET

Query

Arguments

stringrequired

Search query. Perplexity also accepts an array of queries; this action currently models the common single-query path.

Uncommon arguments

string

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for geographically relevant results.

number

Maximum number of results to return (1-20).

number

Maximum total tokens of webpage content to return across results.

number

Maximum tokens extracted from each webpage.

array of string

ISO 639-1 language codes to filter search results.

array of string

Allowlist or denylist of domains to search.

string

Return results updated after this date (MM/DD/YYYY).

string

Return results updated before this date (MM/DD/YYYY).

string

Return results published after this date (MM/DD/YYYY).

string

Return results published before this date (MM/DD/YYYY).

string

Publication recency filter: hour, day, week, month, or year.

Field selectionChoose which fields should be included in the response. Learn more

string

Comma-separated response fields to include.

Try this request

Request

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/perplexity/latest/actions/search-the-web" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_TOKEN" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode 'connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID' \
  --data-urlencode 'query='

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "results[]": {
        "date": "string",
        "last_updated": "string",
        "snippet": "string",
        "title": "string",
        "url": "https://example.com"
      },
      "server_time": "string"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

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