search_domain_filter issues

[mjsteffey]

saw a q about this arg not working below, but want to flush it out.

seeing:
TypeError: create() got an unexpected keyword argument 'search_domain_filter' when using:

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="sonar-pro",
    messages=messages,
    search_domain_filter = ['example.domain']
)

is search domain filter only supported for post request?

[AidanShipperley]

The OpenAI API doesn't know anything about Perplexity's parameters. If you are ever using the OpenAI API for another API, and the other API has unique parameters, you have to pass them in extra_body.

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="sonar-pro",
    messages=[
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "What is the most recent version of Python?"
        }
    ],
    extra_body={"search_domain_filter": ["-python.org"]},
)

We know this works as well because you can use their search recency filter this way and the citations are correctly filtered (extra_body={"search_recency_filter": "hour"} will work).

But I wouldn't bother with search domain filters, as you said the feature doesn't work and it hasn't worked for over a year now. Maybe they plan to support it, but I can't speak for them.

[mjsteffey]

ah, thanks for the heads up. I didn't realize this param was there prior to the sonar release; hence my optimism. appreciate it

[IKDH]

It's working if you are in tier 3.

[AidanShipperley]

It's working if you are in tier 3.

Thank you for pointing this out @IKDH, there is nothing mentioning parameters being behind usage tiers anywhere (even under the parameter in the API reference) except the usage tier page. With no errors in the API either, I assumed the feature was just broken. I'll try to update my reply if it lets me.

[stijntratsaertit]

I'm pretty sure we are Tier 3 (500$+ all time) users but I still notice a discrepancy between the returned citations/sources & the the specific domain I've asked it to query.