How do I use Sonar Pro through YepAPI?

Sign up for a free API key, then send requests to the /v1/ai/chat endpoint.

PerplexityText Generation/v1/ai/chat

Sonar Pro

Access Sonar Pro through one API key. Search-augmented AI with citations built in.

Perplexity's premium search-augmented model. Every response includes citations and source URLs. Ideal for research, fact-checking, and grounded answers.

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Developers

1.2M+

API calls served

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Endpoints

$0.01

Per call

Yep, that's it.

Try it live

Send a message and see Sonar Pro respond in real time.

POST/v1/ai/chatperplexity/sonar-pro

Message *

Max Tokens

Maximum tokens in the response.

Stream

Real-time tokens

Hit "Send Request" to see the response

Context Window

200K tokens

Max Output

8K tokens

Input Price

$3.00 / 1M tokens

Output Price

$15.00 / 1M tokens

Strengths

✓Search-augmented answers

✓Citations & sources

✓Real-time web data

✓Fact-checked responses

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls with Sonar Pro.

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/ai/chat', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "perplexity/sonar-pro",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Explain API gateways in 2 sentences."
      }
    ],
    "maxTokens": 256
  }),
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data.message.content);

Why use Sonar Pro through YepAPI?

✓One API key for all models — no separate accounts

✓OpenAI SDK compatible — just change the base URL

✓No monthly minimums — pay per token

✓Switch models with one line of code

✓Full provider passthrough — citations, search results, and all extras included

✓Streaming and non-streaming support on every model

✓Works with Cursor, Claude, LangChain, and any LLM tool

✓Unified billing across all providers

What developers say

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Indie Hacker

Frequently asked questions

Perplexity's premium search-augmented model. Every response includes citations and source URLs. Ideal for research, fact-checking, and grounded answers.

Input tokens cost $3.00 per 1M tokens and output tokens cost $15.00 per 1M tokens through YepAPI. No monthly minimums — you only pay for what you use.

Sonar Pro supports a 200K token context window with up to 8K output tokens per request.