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Vaaya Perplexity Web Search
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Vaaya Perplexity Web Search is a paid API for AI agents from vaaya.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).
Searches the web via Perplexity's retrieval index, returning ranked results with snippets, publish dates, and freshness signals
Price / call$0.01
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
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 …
Output
Returns a ranked list of up to 10 web search results from Perplexity's retrieval index, each containing the page title, URL, a text snippet/excerpt, a publication date, and a last_updated timestamp indicating when the page was last crawled or modified. Results can be filtered by recency, country, and domain.
Example use cases
Breaking news monitoring for research
“Search for the latest news about the Federal Reserve interest rate decision from the past day — I want up to 10 results with freshness dates so I can see which coverage is most recent.”
Competitive intelligence with domain filtering
“Find recent articles about Anthropic's new product announcements from the past month, but only return results from reputable tech outlets — exclude reddit.com and exclude results older than a month.”
Country-specific market research
“Search for recent news about electric vehicle adoption trends in Germany, filter to results from the past week, and give me up to 8 results in German market context.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://vaaya.ai/api/run/perplexity/search?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when freshness is critical — the date and last_updated fields per result make it ideal for monitoring recent developments, news tracking, and time-sensitive research. Prefer it over generic web search APIs when you need Perplexity's answer-engine-quality retrieval index with built-in recency filtering (hour/day/week/month/year). Use when you need domain allowlisting or blocklisting. Best for agents that need to know not just what's out there, but when it was published or updated.
Side effects
- Empty query string returns validation error
- max_results outside 1-10 range rejected
- Invalid ISO-2 country code returns error
- search_domain_filter array exceeds 10 items rejected
- max_tokens_per_page outside 64-4096 range rejected
- Very niche queries may return zero results
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC balance) returns 402
- Network timeout for slow Perplexity index responses
Input
Schema · Request body
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| output | object |
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