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name: perplexity
description: Base class for applications interacting with RESTful HTTP APIs. Extends `BaseApplication` to provide functionalities specific to API-based integrations. This includes managing an `httpx.Client` for making HTTP requests, handling authentication headers, processing responses, and offering convenient methods for common HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH). Attributes: name (str): The name of the application. integration (Integration | None): An optional Integration object responsible for managing authentication and credentials. default_timeout (int): The default timeout in seconds for HTTP requests. base_url (str): The base URL for the API endpoint. This should be set by the subclass. _client (httpx.Client | None): The internal httpx client instance.
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# Perplexity Integration

Base class for applications interacting with RESTful HTTP APIs. Extends `BaseApplication` to provide functionalities specific to API-based integrations. This includes managing an `httpx.Client` for making HTTP requests, handling authentication headers, processing responses, and offering convenient methods for common HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH). Attributes: name (str): The name of the application. integration (Integration | None): An optional Integration object responsible for managing authentication and credentials. default_timeout (int): The default timeout in seconds for HTTP requests. base_url (str): The base URL for the API endpoint. This should be set by the subclass. _client (httpx.Client | None): The internal httpx client instance.

## Available Tools

| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `answer_with_search` | Queries the Perplexity Chat Completions API for a web-search-grounded answer. It sends the user's prompt and model parameters to the `/chat/completions` endpoint, then parses the response to return the synthesized content and a list of supporting source citations. |
| `search` | Performs a real-time web search using Perplexity AI to answer a query with up-to-date information and citations. This tool is ideal for questions about current events, facts, or any topic that requires access to the latest information from the internet. |
