Perplexity — web search over Perplexity's own retrieval index, the one behind it
Perplexity — web search over Perplexity's own retrieval index, the one behind its answer engine, returning ranked results with snippets plus `date` and `last_updated` per hit. Pass `query`; optional `max_results` (1-10), `search_recency_filter` (hour|day|week|month|year), `country` (ISO-2), `max_tokens_per_page` (trim the excerpt), `search_domain_filter` (array of domains to include, or `-domain.com` to exclude). The freshness signal is the differentiator — results carry when the page was last …
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Endpoint
POST https://vaaya.ai/api/run/perplexity/search
| Category | Search and research |
|---|---|
| Provider host | vaaya.ai |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 2 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.01 | 318 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"max_results": 5,
"query": "x402 payment protocol"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"pathParams": {},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"country": {
"maxLength": 2,
"minLength": 2,
"type": "string"
},
"max_results": {
"maximum": 10,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"max_tokens_per_page": {
"maximum": 4096,
"minimum": 64,
"type": "integer"
},
"query": {
"maxLength": 4000,
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string"
},
"search_domain_filter": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 10,
"type": "array"
},
"search_recency_filter": {
"enum": [
"hour",
"day",
"week",
"month",
"year"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"pathParams": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}