# Perplexity
## **Connector Overview**
Perplexity AI is an AI search platform that combines conversational AI with real-time web search to provide accurate, source-cited answers to user questions in a chat-like interface.
## **Supported Models**
Perplexity's search-augmented models
## **Authentication Type**
Basic
## **Webhook Supported**
No
## **Secrets**
* PAN\_SEC\_PERPLEXITY\_API\_KEY
## **API Client Supported**
No
## **Requirements for Provisioning**
No provisioning is required for this connector.
## **How to Connect Your Integration**
Upon successfully creating a tenant, you will use the following Perplexity information to connect:
* API Key
To obtain the information required for provisioning the Perplexity Connector, perform the following steps:
1. Log in to your [Perplexity account](https://www.perplexity.ai/)
2. Navigate to Settings > All Settings
3. API Keys > Create Key
*Please note: In order to create an API Key, you need to upgrade to Pro and add a payment method in order to purchase API credits.*
## **API Resources**
For more information on how to utilize the Perplexity API, feel free to reference the following [documentation](https://docs.perplexity.ai/).
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