Perplexity integrations

Integrate with Perplexity using LangChain Python.

Perplexity is the most powerful way to search the internet with unlimited Pro Search, upgraded AI models, unlimited file upload, image generation, and API credits.

You can check a list of available models.

Installation and setup

Install the Perplexity x LangChain integration package:

pip

pip install langchain-perplexity

Get your API key from the Perplexity API key dashboard and set it as the PERPLEXITY_API_KEY (or PPLX_API_KEY) environment variable. See the Perplexity getting started guide for more details.

Chat models

See a variety of Perplexity usage examples.

from langchain_perplexity import ChatPerplexity

Retriever

You can use the PerplexitySearchRetriever to fetch web search results from the Perplexity Search API as Document objects in a standard retrieval pipeline.

See a usage example.

from langchain_perplexity import PerplexitySearchRetriever

Tools

You can use Perplexity as an agent tool to give your agent access to the Perplexity Search API.

See a usage example.

PerplexitySearchResults

A tool that queries the Perplexity Search API and returns a JSON array of results (title, URL, snippet, date, last updated).

from langchain_perplexity import PerplexitySearchResults

Embedding models

You can use PerplexityEmbeddings to generate embeddings via the Perplexity Embeddings API.

See a usage example.

from langchain_perplexity import PerplexityEmbeddings

Deep Agents CLI

Use Perplexity as a first-class provider in the Deep Agents CLI.

Install the CLI with the Perplexity extra:

uv

uv tool install 'deepagents-cli[perplexity]'

Then set PERPLEXITY_API_KEY and reference Perplexity models with the perplexity: prefix (e.g. perplexity:sonar-pro) in the interactive /model switcher or your config.

Components reference

Class	Abstraction	Import path	Description
ChatPerplexity	Chat model	from langchain_perplexity import ChatPerplexity	Chat model wrapping the Perplexity API for grounded chat completions.
PerplexitySearchRetriever	Retriever	from langchain_perplexity import PerplexitySearchRetriever	Retriever that returns Document objects from the Perplexity Search API.
PerplexitySearchResults	Tool	from langchain_perplexity import PerplexitySearchResults	Tool that returns Perplexity Search API results as a JSON array for agents.
PerplexityEmbeddings	Embeddings	from langchain_perplexity import PerplexityEmbeddings	Embedding model wrapping the Perplexity Embeddings API.

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