Search people

Search people

Returns web results about professionals who match a name, role, company or location, with titles, URLs and snippets naming their jobs and employers.

Note: Set search_type to people on the Search API request. Use it only for legitimate professional research, following the privacy and data protection laws that apply to you.

Set up

Use the first option your agent supports.

API (official)

• Base URL: https://api.perplexity.ai
• Endpoint: POST /search
• Auth: send the header Authorization: Bearer $PERPLEXITY_API_KEY
• Get a key: https://console.perplexity.ai/project/keys
• Docs: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/overview

Before anything else, confirm access with the cheapest read-only call, like a list or a search. Never send or change anything to test access.

Rules

• Ask the user before anything that sends messages, costs money, or changes data, and say how many records it touches. One approval covers a batch the user has seen.
• Never print API keys.