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Perplexity Async API

The Async API from Perplexity — 2 operation(s) for async.

Perplexity Async API is one of 12 APIs that Perplexity publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Async. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, pricing, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 29 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.perplexity.ai.

3 operations 2 paths 29 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.perplexity.ai
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Perplexity Async API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (HTTPBearer).

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Async 3
GET
/v1/async/sonar/{api_request}
Get Async Chat Completion
get_async_chat_completion_response_async_chat_completions__api_request__get 1 param → 200422
GET
/v1/async/sonar
List Async Chat Completions
list_async_chat_completions_async_chat_completions_get → 200422
POST
/v1/async/sonar
Create Async Chat Completion
create_async_chat_completions_async_chat_completions_post body → 200422

Schemas 29

The contract defines 29 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ApiChatCompletionsRequest (26 properties), CompletionResponse (10 properties), AsyncApiChatCompletionsResponse (9 properties), UsageInfo (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ValidationError
object
3 properties 3 required
URL
object
1 property 1 required
ResponseFormatText
object
1 property 1 required
ImageResult
object
5 properties 5 required
UserLocation
object
User's geographic location for search personalization
5 properties
CompletionResponse
object
10 properties 4 required
ResponseFormatJSONSchema
object
Constrains the model output to match the provided JSON schema.
2 properties 2 required
ChatMessageContentTextChunk
object
2 properties 2 required
AsyncProcessingStatus
string
Status enum for async processing.
WebSearchOptions
object
Configuration options for web search behavior
4 properties
Choice
object
A single completion choice
4 properties 3 required
VideoURL
object
2 properties 1 required
ListAsyncApiChatCompletionsResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
AsyncApiChatCompletionsResponseSummary
object
7 properties 4 required
UsageInfo
object
Token usage and cost information for a request
8 properties 4 required
AsyncApiChatCompletionsResponse
object
9 properties 4 required
AsyncApiChatCompletionsRequest
object
Request body for creating an asynchronous chat completion
2 properties 1 required
ChatMessageContentVideoChunk
object
2 properties 2 required
Cost
object
Cost breakdown for a chat completion request
7 properties 3 required
HTTPValidationError
object
1 property
ChatMessageRole
string
Chat roles enum
JSONSchema
object
4 properties 1 required
ChatMessageContentFileChunk
object
3 properties 2 required
ChatMessageContentPDFChunk
object
2 properties 2 required
ApiChatCompletionsRequest
object
26 properties 2 required
ChatMessageContentImageChunk
object
2 properties 2 required
ChatMessage-Input
object
2 properties 2 required
ChatMessage-Output
object
2 properties 2 required
ApiPublicSearchResult
object
A single search result from the web
6 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

perplexity-async-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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