Vercel Perplexity Integration

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Perplexity API specializes in providing accurate, real-time answers to user questions by combining AI-powered search with large language models, delivering concise, well-sourced, and conversational responses. Integrating Perplexity via its Sonar API with Vercel allows your applications to deliver real-time, web-wide research and question-answering capabilities—complete with accurate citations, customizable sources, and advanced reasoning—enabling users to access up-to-date, trustworthy information directly within your product experience.

You can use the Vercel and Perplexity integration to power a variety of AI applications, including:

• Real-time, citation-backed answers: Integrate Perplexity to provide users with up-to-date information grounded in live web data, complete with detailed source citations for transparency and trust.
• Customizable search and data sourcing: Tailor your application's responses by specifying which sources Perplexity should use, ensuring compliance and relevance for your domain or industry.
• Complex, multi-step query handling: Leverage advanced models like Sonar Pro to process nuanced, multi-part questions, deliver in-depth research, and support longer conversational context windows.
• Optimized speed and efficiency: Benefit from Perplexity's lightweight, fast models that deliver nearly instant answers at scale, making them ideal for high-traffic or cost-sensitive applications.
• Fine-grained output control: Adjust model parameters (e.g., creativity, repetition) and manage output quality to align with your application's unique requirements and user expectations.

The Sonar models are each optimized for tasks such as real-time search, advanced reasoning, and in-depth research. Please refer to Perplexity's list of available models here.

The Vercel Perplexity API integration can be accessed through the AI tab on your Vercel dashboard.

To follow this guide, you'll need the following:

• An existing Vercel project
• The latest version of Vercel CLI
  Terminal

  pnpm i -g vercel@latest

1. Navigate to the AI tab in your Vercel dashboard
2. Select Perplexity API from the list of providers, and press Add
3. Review the provider information, and press Add Provider
4. You can now select which projects the provider will have access to. You can choose from All Projects or Specific Projects
   • If you select Specific Projects, you'll be prompted to select the projects you want to connect to the provider. The list will display projects associated with your scoped team
   • Multiple projects can be selected during this step
5. Select the Connect to Project button
6. You'll be redirected to the provider's website to complete the connection process
7. Once the connection is complete, you'll be redirected back to the Vercel dashboard, and the provider integration dashboard page. From here you can manage your provider settings, view usage, and more
8. Pull the environment variables into your project using Vercel CLI
   terminal

   vercel env pull

9. Install the providers package
   Terminal

   pnpm i @ai-sdk/perplexity ai

10. Connect your project using the code below:
    app/api/chat/route.ts

    import { perplexity } from '@ai-sdk/perplexity';import { streamText } from 'ai';
    // Allow streaming responses up to 30 secondsexport const maxDuration = 30;
    export async function POST(req: Request) {  // Extract the `messages` from the body of the request  const { messages } = await req.json();
      // Call the language model  const result = streamText({    model: perplexity('sonar-pro'),    messages,  });
      // Respond with the stream  return result.toDataStreamResponse();}