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Perplexity Models API

The Models API from Perplexity — 1 operation(s) for models.

Perplexity Models 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 Models. 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 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 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.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 GET

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

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Models 1
GET
/v1/models
List Models
listModels → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Model (4 properties), ListModelsResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Model
object
Represents a model available through the Agent API.
4 properties 4 required
ListModelsResponse
object
Response from the List Models endpoint. Contains a list of available models.
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

perplexity-models-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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