Perplexity Search

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Perplexity Search API

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Perplexity Search API is just a search engine, as opposed to the Perplexity integration, which is using Perplexity's models (in combination with their websearch).

Setup

1. Navigate to: Admin Panel -> Settings -> Web Search
2. Toggle Enable Web Search
3. Set Web Search Engine from dropdown menu to perplexity_search
4. Enter your Perplexity API key from Perplexity API Key management.
5. Press save