Search
Searches in Perplexity.
This node is also exposed as an AI Agent tool.
This node has 1 input port and 1 output port.
Common Properties
Every node shares these.
- Name — the node's display name on the canvas.
- Color — the node's colour on the canvas.
- Delay Before (sec) — wait this long before the node runs.
- Delay After (sec) — wait this long after the node runs.
- Continue On Error — carry on instead of failing the flow. Defaults to false.
info
When Continue On Error is true the error is not raised at all, so a Catch node will not see it either.
Inputs
| Property | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Client ID | inClientID | Client ID from Connect node (optional if credentials provided) |
| Query | inQuery | Search query text |
Outputs
| Property | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Result Count | outResultCount | Number of results returned |
| Results | outResults | Array of search result objects with title،url،snippet |
Options
| Property | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Country | optCountry | ISO country code for regional results (e.g. US،GB،DE) |
| Credentials | optCredentials | Perplexity API key (optional if using Connect node) |
| Language Filter | optSearchLanguageFilter | Comma-separated language codes (e.g. en،fr،de) |
| Max Results | optMaxResults | Maximum number of results to return (default 10) |
| Search Domain Filter | optSearchDomainFilter | Comma-separated domains to filter (e.g. arxiv.org،nature.com) |
| Search Recency Filter | optSearchRecencyFilter | Filter results by time period One of: NONE, hour, day, week, month, year. |
| Timeout (seconds) | optTimeout | Maximum time in seconds to wait for response |
Requirements
- A Client ID from this package's Connect node, unless you set credentials directly on this node.
- Perplexity API Key — API key for Perplexity AI authentication
value— API Key (password, required). Your Perplexity API key
Store these in a Vault and reference the vault item from the node, rather than typing the secret into the property.
Related nodes
Connect · Disconnect · Chat Completion · Toolkit
See also
- Perplexity — every node in this package
- Message object — how properties read values from
msg - Handling failure — Continue On Error, Catch and retries