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perplexity.web.research.medium

Queue a multi-step research answer and receive a response id for polling or cancellation.

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POSThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/perplexity.web.research.mediumPreview

Uses platform quota
Asynchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

Only your own key can run this tool. Completed and incomplete runs report usage.cost.total_cost; cancelled runs did not report cost in live tests.

This tool has no parameters. See provider docs ↗ Provider docs

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

Preview

curl -X POST 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/perplexity.web.research.medium' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-raw '{"input":"Compare the purposes of example.com and example.org with citations.","preset":"medium","max_steps":2,"background":true,"max_output_tokens":1200}'

import os
import json
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/perplexity.web.research.medium",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
    json=json.loads("{\"input\":\"Compare the purposes of example.com and example.org with citations.\",\"preset\":\"medium\",\"max_steps\":2,\"background\":true,\"max_output_tokens\":1200}"),
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/perplexity.web.research.medium", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(JSON.parse("{\"input\":\"Compare the purposes of example.com and example.org with citations.\",\"preset\":\"medium\",\"max_steps\":2,\"background\":true,\"max_output_tokens\":1200}")),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data.