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Perplexity · Research & Search

POST /v1/chat/completions

Sonar Pro as an agentic researcher: chains web searches, fetches full pages, and streams live reasoning, adapting strategy for complex queries.

At a glance

Field	Value
Model id	`perplexity-pro-search`
Model release date	-
Input modalities	Text, Image
Output modalities	Text
Context window	-
Weight precision	-
Max output tokens	32,768
Features	web_search
Native inference	No
New	No
Supported endpoints	`POST /v1/chat/completions`, `POST /v1/responses`, `POST /v1/messages`, `POST /v1/search`, `POST /v1beta/models/perplexity-pro-search:generateContent`

Pricing

Charge	Spec	Rate
Input	per 1M prompt tokens	$7.80
Output	per 1M generated tokens	$39.00
Base Fee (Low Context)	per request	$0.036
Base Fee (Medium Context)	per request	$0.047
Base Fee (High Context)	per request	$0.057

Example request

curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/search \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"model": "perplexity-pro-search", "query": "latest LLM benchmarks 2026"}'

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`max_tokens`	number	no	-	Maximum tokens in the response, at least 16. When omitted, the model’s own default applies. · Range: 16 – 32768
`search_context_size`	enum	no	`"medium"`	Higher context gives better answers but increases the base fee per request. · Allowed: `low`, `medium`, `high`
`search_mode`	enum	no	`"default"`	Filter search results by source type. Academic limits search to scholarly publishers. SEC adds financial filings and company data. · Allowed: `default`, `academic`, `sec`
`reasoning_effort`	enum	no	`"minimal"`	How much the model reasons before it answers. Higher is more thorough and slower. · Allowed: `minimal`, `low`, `medium`, `high`
`search_domain_filter`	string	no	-	Comma-separated domains. Prefix with ’-’ to exclude. Max 20.
`max_results`	number	no	`15`	Most results each web search returns. More results give more sources to draw on. · Range: 1 – 50
`search_after_date`	string	no	-	Only include sources published after this date. Use MM/DD/YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD.
`search_before_date`	string	no	-	Only include sources published before this date. Use MM/DD/YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD.
`search_recency_filter`	enum	no	`"none"`	Relative time filter. Cannot be combined with specific dates. · Allowed: `none`, `hour`, `day`, `week`, `month`, `year`
`last_updated_after_filter`	string	no	-	Only include sources last updated after this date. Use MM/DD/YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD.
`last_updated_before_filter`	string	no	-	Only include sources last updated before this date. Use MM/DD/YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD.
`country`	string	no	-	Two-letter ISO 3166-1 code (e.g. US, GB) for biasing results to a country.
`region`	string	no	-	State or province name for location bias.
`city`	string	no	-	City name for location bias.
`latitude`	number	no	-	Latitude for location bias, in decimal degrees.
`longitude`	number	no	-	Longitude for location bias, in decimal degrees.
`disable_formatting`	boolean	no	false	Skip the EmpirioLabs Markdown formatting (citation [N] rewriting + References block + Images / Videos blocks + reasoning_content render). The plain answer text and the structured reasoning_steps array from Perplexity are still returned.

Notes

Search context size

Low / Medium / High: controls depth and cost

Search modes

academic: scholarly publishers only
sec: adds financial filings and company data

Date filters

Specific date filters and recency filters are mutually exclusive
Explicit dates take priority

Optional location filters

country, region, city, latitude/longitude
Coordinates need a country

Machine-readable schema: GET https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/models/perplexity-pro-search.