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sidebar_position: 30
title: "Perplexity"
---
:::warning
This tutorial is a community contribution and is not supported by the Open WebUI team. It serves only as a demonstration on how to customize Open WebUI for your specific use case. Want to contribute? Check out the contributing tutorial.
:::
:::tip
For a comprehensive list of all environment variables related to Web Search (including concurrency settings, result counts, and more), please refer to the [Environment Configuration documentation](../../getting-started/env-configuration#web-search).
:::
:::tip Troubleshooting
Having issues with web search? Check out the [Web Search Troubleshooting Guide](../../troubleshooting/web-search) for solutions to common problems like proxy configuration, connection timeouts, and empty content.
:::
## Perplexity API
:::info
Perplexity API in this tutorial is using Perplexity's own models, as opposed to just the websearch API. Conduct the other tutorial for the web search API.
:::
### Setup
1. Navigate to: `Admin Panel` -> `Settings` -> `Web Search`
2. Toggle `Enable Web Search`
3. Set `Web Search Engine` from dropdown menu to `perplexity`
4. Enter your Perplexity API key from [Perplexity API Key management](https://www.perplexity.ai/account/api/keys).
5. Press save