Perplexity Web Search

web_search.py

"""
Perplexity Web Search
=====================

Cookbook example for `perplexity/web_search.py`.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent, RunOutput  # noqa
from agno.models.perplexity import Perplexity

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

agent = Agent(model=Perplexity(id="sonar-pro"), markdown=True)

# Print the response in the terminal
agent.print_response("Show me top 2 news stories from USA?")

# Get the response in a variable
# run: RunOutput = agent.run("What is happening in the world today?")
# print(run.content)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pass

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activate

uv venv --python 3.12
.venv\Scripts\activate

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno openai

Export your Perplexity API key

export PERPLEXITY_API_KEY="your_perplexity_api_key_here"

$Env:PERPLEXITY_API_KEY="your_perplexity_api_key_here"

Run the example

Save the code above as web_search.py, then run:

python web_search.py

Full source: cookbook/90_models/perplexity/web_search.py

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