Perplexity Research API
Scrape Perplexity Research data with one API call. Natural-language research over the live web powered by Perplexity Sonar. Returns a synthesised answer plus the URLs Sonar cited as evidence under `data.sources`. Costs 1 credit per call. Auto-refunds on upstream failure. Best for freeform questions like 'what is the latest funding round for Anthropic' or 'summarise this week's biggest LLM releases' that need fresh, web-grounded answers — the kind of question a structured social-media call cannot answer.
Last updated August 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns a written answer to a natural-language question researched over the live web, along with the source URLs the answer was built from.
Use it for open questions that need current information, such as recent news or funding, rather than a fixed lookup on one platform.
Searching 48 platforms in parallel
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The Research endpoint gives you structured Perplexity data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/perplexity/research?query=What+is+the+capital+of+France%3F"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/perplexity/research",
params={
'query': 'What is the capital of France?',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/perplexity/research?query=What+is+the+capital+of+France%3F",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query | Yes | Natural-language research prompt. Sonar autonomously searches the live web and grounds the response in real sources. No prompt-engineering required — phrase it as you would to a search engine or research assistant. |
What does the Perplexity Research API return?
This example shows the endpoint's response shape and fields. Values are illustrative; this is not a live capture.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "perplexity",
"endpoint": "/v1/perplexity/research",
"data": {
"answer": "Paris is the capital of France.",
"sources": [
{
"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris",
"title": "Paris - Wikipedia"
}
]
},
"credits_used": 1,
"credits_remaining": 99,
"request_id": "req-a1b2c3d4e5f6",
"cached": false
}Illustrative fixture for the documented response shape. Values are examples, not a production capture.
How does the Perplexity Research API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Have a question? We got answers
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