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title: "Can the Perplexity API return search results separately from its answer?"  
description: "Can the Perplexity API return search results separately from its answer?"  
author: "Arnaud Simon"  
published: 2026-10-26  
updated: 2026-10-26  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162946/can-the-perplexity-api-return-search-results-separately-from-its-answer  
category: "Perplexity API"  
tags: ["Perplexity API", "Search integration", "API Development"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Can the Perplexity API return search results separately from its answer?

I’m looking at Perplexity for a research app and would rather not treat the generated response as the only useful output. Can the API provide **raw search results**—such as individual URLs, titles, or snippets—in a structured form separate from the written answer?

The distinction matters for a workflow that needs to store and display sources independently. If you’ve integrated it, which response fields are available for that, and do they vary by endpoint?


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