Vercel Perplexity IntegrationConnectable Account

Learn how to add Perplexity connectable account integration with Vercel.

Perplexity API specializes in deep language understanding and generation models. Integrating Perplexity with Vercel allows your applications to use advanced text interpretation, sentiment analysis, and language modeling capabilities.

Use cases

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

  • Advanced text generation: Use Perplexity for creating sophisticated text generation tools for content creation and communication
  • Semantic text analysis: Use Perplexity for applications requiring deep semantic analysis of text, such as sentiment analysis or topic detection
  • Language understanding applications: Use Perplexity in tools for language understanding and translation, enhancing communication across languages

Available models

Perplexity provides models focused on deep language understanding and generation. They excel in tasks such as contextual text interpretation, predictive typing, and nuanced sentiment analysis.

Sonar Pro

Type: Chat

Perplexity's premier offering with search grounding, supporting advanced queries and follow-ups.

Sonar

Type: Chat

Perplexity's lightweight offering with search grounding, quicker and cheaper than Sonar Pro.

Getting started

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

Prerequisites

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

Add the provider to your project

Using the dashboard

  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 
    pnpm i openai ai
  10. Connect your project using the code below:
    app/api/chat/route.ts
    // app/api/chat/route.ts
    import { createOpenAI } from '@ai-sdk/openai';
    import { streamText } from 'ai';
    

    // Allow streaming responses up to 30 seconds
    export const maxDuration = 30;
    

    const perplexity = createOpenAI({
      name: 'perplexity',
      apiKey: process.env.PERPLEXITY_API_KEY ?? '',
      baseURL: 'https://api.perplexity.ai/',
    });
    

    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('llama-3.1-sonar-large-32k-online'),
        messages,
      });
    

      // Respond with the stream
      return result.toDataStreamResponse();
    }
  1. Add the provider to your page using the code below:
    app/chat/page.tsx
    // app/chat/page.tsx
    

    'use client';
    

    import { useChat } from '@ai-sdk/react';
    

    export default function Chat() {
      const { messages, input, handleInputChange, handleSubmit } = useChat();
    

      return (
        <div>
          {messages.map((m) => (
            <div key={m.id}>
              {m.role === 'user' ? 'User: ' : 'AI: '}
              {m.content}
            </div>
          ))}
    

          <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
            <input
              value={input}
              placeholder="Say something..."
              onChange={handleInputChange}
            />
          </form>
        </div>
      );
    }
    If you're using useChat, install the @ai-sdk/react package:
    pnpm i @ai-sdk/react

More resources

Perplexity API Website

Learn more about Perplexity API by visiting their website.

Perplexity API Pricing

Learn more about Perplexity API pricing.

Perplexity API Documentation

Visit the Perplexity API documentation.

Last updated on March 17, 2025
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