Perplexity AI Actor - README

Welcome to the Perplexity AI Actor! This actor allows you to interact with the Perplexity API seamlessly on the Apify platform, enabling you to send queries and receive responses without writing a single line of code.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Inputs
  • Your Prompt
  • System-Level Instructions
  • Clean Answer
• Usage
  • Step-by-Step Guide
  • Example Configuration
• Outputs
• Additional Information
• Support

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Introduction

The Perplexity AI Actor simplifies querying the Perplexity API. It empowers users to send prompts, specify formatting instructions, and receive clean, well-structured outputs with minimal effort.

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Features

• Effortless Setup: Configure your prompts and settings with simple input fields.
• Customizable Responses: Add system-level instructions to influence the behavior and formatting of outputs.
• Clean Outputs: Replace unnecessary newline elements with whitespaces for more readable results.
• Secure Handling: Your data is securely processed to ensure privacy and safety.
• Request Timeout: There is a 30-second timeout between requests to ensure proper handling and prevent overloading the service.
• Input Filtering: Your inputs will be automatically checked for filter words that may violate Perplexity's policy.

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Inputs

Your Prompt

• Title: Your Prompt
• Description: The main query or prompt you want to send to the Perplexity API.
• Prefill: "When Web Scraping was invented?"
• Input Type: Textfield
• Max Length: 500 characters

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System-Level Instructions

• Title: Your Instruction to the Bot on a System Level
• Description: Preprogram the model to follow specific instructions for formatting and response behavior.
• Prefill: "Be precise and concise."
• Default: "Be precise and concise."
• Input Type: Textfield
• Max Length: 500 characters

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Clean Answer

• Title: Clean Answer
• Description: If enabled, newline (

) elements in the output will be replaced with whitespaces.
• Default: true

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Usage

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Enter Your Prompt: In the "Your Prompt" field, type the main query or request you want to send.
2. Provide System-Level Instructions: Add specific instructions in the "System-Level Instructions" field to format the responses as needed.
3. Enable or Disable Clean Answer: Choose whether to replace newline elements with whitespaces by toggling the "Clean Answer" option.
4. Run the Actor: Execute the actor and wait for the response. Note that there will be a 30-second timeout between requests.

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Example Configuration

Here’s an example of how you might configure the actor:

1{
2    "startQuery": "When was Web Scraping invented?",
3    "systemInstruction": "Provide a concise summary with relevant details.",
4    "cleanText": true
5}

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Outputs

The actor will return a response from the Perplexity API based on the configuration provided. The output will respect the system-level instructions and will be formatted to replace newline elements with whitespaces if "Clean Answer" is enabled.

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Additional Information

• Security: All data, including your prompts and responses, is securely handled and never exposed inappropriately.
• Formatting: Use the "Clean Answer" option to ensure the output is easy to read.
• Timeout: Please note that there is a 30-second timeout between requests to prevent overloading the service.
• Input Filtering: All inputs will be automatically checked for filter words that might violate Perplexity's policies.

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Support

If you have any questions or encounter any issues, please reach out via the Issues Tab. We’re here to help!

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Enjoy using the Perplexity AI Actor!