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Search

Performs a web search and returns raw, ranked results. See the documentation
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  • Read only
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Perplexity account once, then configure and run Search from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "perplexity-search",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    perplexity: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    query: "Query",
    maxResults: 10,
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Search inputs
Property Type Description
query Query string
The search query string. Can also be a JSON array of query strings for multi-query search.
Required
maxResults Max Results integer
Maximum number of search results to return
Optional
maxTokensPerPage Max Tokens Per Page integer
Maximum number of tokens per page in the results
Optional
maxTokensTotal Max Tokens integer
Maximum total tokens across all results
Optional
searchDomainFilter Search Domain Filter string[]
List of domains to allowlist or denylist (prefix with - to exclude). Do not mix allowlist and denylist entries.
Optional
searchLanguageFilter Search Language Filter string[]
List of ISO 639-1 language codes to filter results (max 10)
Optional
searchRecencyFilter Search Recency Filter string
Filter results by recency
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
perplexity-search
Version
0.0.2
App
Perplexity
Authentication
API key
Read-only
Yes
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes