Perplexity CLI in pure shell

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• Perplexity CLI in pure shell

Perplexity CLI in pure shell

p.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
function p() {
    local json_request
    json_request=$(jq -n \
        --arg content "$*" \
        '{
          "model": "pplx-7b-online",
          "messages": [
            {"role": "system", "content": "Be precise and concise."},
            {"role": "user", "content": $content}
          ],
          "stream": false
        }')

    local json_response
    json_response=$(curl --silent \
        --request POST \
        --url https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions \
        --header 'accept: application/json' \
        --header "authorization: Bearer $PERPLEXITY_API" \
        --header 'content-type: application/json' \
        --data "$json_request")

    echo "$json_response" | jq --raw-output .choices[0].message.content
}

p "$*"

Usage

To use this script, you'll need to have the jq command-line JSON processor installed, and the PERPLEXITY_API environment variable set to your Perplexity API key.

Then you can simply run the script and pass your prompt as an argument:

$ PERPLEXITY_API=YOUR_API_KEY ./p.sh "What is the square root of 64?"
8

Related Discussion

• Two recommendations for improvements
• Handling the "data:" prefix
• Saving request and response in variables

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• api

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