> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://lava.so/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Perplexity

> Perplexity provides search-augmented LLM inference that retrieves live web content and returns answers with source citations.

Perplexity offers 4 models through Lava's AI Gateway, supporting Chat Completions. Authentication uses `Authorization: Bearer`. See the [Perplexity API docs](https://docs.perplexity.ai/api-reference) for provider-specific parameters.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Supports both **managed** (Lava's API keys) and **unmanaged** (bring your own credentials) mode.

## Quick Start

```typescript theme={null}
const response = await fetch('https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.perplexity.ai%2Fchat%2Fcompletions', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    Authorization: `Bearer ${forwardToken}`,
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    model: 'sonar',
    messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
  }),
});
```

## Chat Completions

**Target URL:** `https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions`

| | |
| - | - |
| **Content Type** | `application/json` |
| **Streaming** | Yes (set `stream: true` in request body) |

| Model | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens |
| - | - | - |
| sonar-pro | \$3.00 | \$15.00 |
| sonar-deep-research | \$2.00 | \$8.00 |
| sonar-reasoning-pro | \$2.00 | \$8.00 |
| sonar | \$1.00 | \$1.00 |

## Next Steps

> [card] [All Providers](https://lava.so/docs/gateway/supported-providers.md)
>
> Browse all supported AI providers

> [card] [Forward Proxy](https://lava.so/docs/gateway/forward-proxy.md)
>
> Learn how to construct proxy URLs and authenticate requests


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