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title: Perplexity credentials
description: Documentation for the Perplexity credentials. Use these credentials to authenticate Perplexity in n8n, a workflow automation platform.
contentType: [integration, reference]
---

# Perplexity credentials

You can use these credentials to authenticate the following nodes:

* [Perplexity](/integrations/builtin/app-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.perplexity.md)

## Supported authentication methods

* API key

## Related resources

Refer to [Perplexity's API documentation](https://docs.perplexity.ai/api-reference/) for more information about the service.

## Using API key

To configure this credential, you'll need a [Perplexity account](https://www.perplexity.ai/account) and:

- **a Perplexity API key**: You can find out how to create a Perplexity API key in the [Perplexity API getting started guide](https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/getting-started).

Refer to [Perplexity's API documentation](https://docs.perplexity.ai/) for more information about authenticating to the service.
