```bash cURL theme={null}
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.perplexity.ai/v1/sonar \
--header "Authorization: Bearer " \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
"model": "sonar-pro",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Analyze the competitive positioning of Perplexity in the AI search market and evaluate how Comet compares to similar offerings from other companies."
}
]
}' | jq
```
```python python theme={null}
import requests
url = "https://api.perplexity.ai/v1/sonar"
payload = {
"model": "sonar-pro",
"messages": [
{"role": "user", "content": "Analyze the competitive positioning of Perplexity in the AI search market and evaluate how Comet compares to similar offerings from other companies."}
]
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer ",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.json())
```
**Sample Response Metadata**
```json Success Response expandable wrap theme={null}
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"model": "sonar-pro",
"created": 1756486047,
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"completion_tokens": 832,
"total_tokens": 858,
"search_context_size": "low",
"cost": {
"input_tokens_cost": 0.0,
"output_tokens_cost": 0.012,
"request_cost": 0.006,
"total_cost": 0.019
}
},
"citations": [
"https://explodingtopics.com/blog/perplexity-ai-stats",
"https://opentools.ai/news/perplexity-ceo-challenges-googles-ai-strategy-in-the-browser-wars",
"https://taptwicedigital.com/stats/perplexity",
"https://www.leanware.co/insights/comet-perplexity-everything-you-need-to-know",
"https://www.index.dev/blog/perplexity-statistics"
],
"search_results": [
{
"title": "The Latest Perplexity AI Stats (2025)",
"url": "https://explodingtopics.com/blog/perplexity-ai-stats",
"date": "2025-06-23",
"last_updated": "2025-08-29",
"snippet": "As of 2025, the AI space is valued at approximately $600 billion, with projections to increase by 500% over the next 5 years."
},
{
"title": "Perplexity CEO Challenges Google's AI Strategy in the ...",
"url": "https://opentools.ai/news/perplexity-ceo-challenges-googles-ai-strategy-in-the-browser-wars",
"date": "2025-07-17",
"last_updated": "2025-07-17",
"snippet": "For example, Perplexity's AI-driven browser, Comet, represents a direct challenge to Google's traditional search engine model by prioritizing ..."
},
{
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"url": "https://taptwicedigital.com/stats/perplexity",
"date": "2025-04-19",
"last_updated": "2025-08-29",
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},
{
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"last_updated": "2025-08-28",
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},
{
"title": "50+ Perplexity AI Stats to Know in 2025",
"url": "https://www.index.dev/blog/perplexity-statistics",
"date": "2025-08-01",
"last_updated": null,
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}
],
"object": "chat.completion",
"choices": [
{
"index": 0,
"finish_reason": "stop",
"message": {
"role": "assistant",
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},
"delta": {
"role": "assistant",
"content": ""
}
}
]
}
```
**Token Usage**
* Prompt Tokens: 26
* Completion Tokens: 832
* Search Context Size: Low
26 tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × \$3 = \$0.000078
832 tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × \$15 = \$0.01248
1 request × \$6 ÷ 1,000 = \$0.006
\$0.000078 + \$0.01248 + \$0.006 = \$0.018558
**Total cost for this request: \$0.018558**
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