Perplexity offers 4 models through Lava’s AI Gateway, supporting Chat Completions. Authentication uses Authorization: Bearer. See the Perplexity API docs for provider-specific parameters.
Supports both managed API keys (from Lava) and BYOK mode.
Quick Start
const response = await fetch('https://api.lavapayments.com/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.perplexity.ai%2Fchat%2Fcompletions', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
Authorization: `Bearer ${forwardToken}`,
},
body: JSON.stringify({
model: 'sonar-deep-research',
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
}),
});
Chat Completions
Target URL: https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions
| |
|---|
| Content Type | application/json |
| Streaming | Yes (set stream: true in request body) |
| Model | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens |
|---|
| sonar-pro | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| sonar-deep-research | $2.00 | $8.00 |
| sonar-reasoning-pro | $2.00 | $8.00 |
| sonar | $1.00 | $1.00 |
Next Steps
