Perplexity Data Handling

Overview

Manage data flowing through Perplexity Sonar API. Critical concern: queries are sent to Perplexity for web search, so any PII in queries is exposed to external infrastructure. Responses contain citations (third-party URLs) that must be validated before displaying to users.

Data Flow

User Input → Query Sanitization → Perplexity API → Response Parsing
                                                         │
                                           ┌─────────────┼──────────────┐
                                           │             │              │
                                      Answer Text    Citations    Search Results
                                           │             │              │
                                      Format &      Validate &    Store for
                                      Display       Deduplicate   Analytics

Prerequisites