Perplexity · AI answers
Perplexity-User
Perplexity-User is Perplexity's crawler. This crawler fetches a page in real time to answer a specific user's question.
Crawler facts
| Operator | Perplexity |
|---|---|
| User agent token | perplexity-user |
| Traffic type | AI answers |
| Verification | UA + IP range |
| IP source | https://www.perplexity.ai/perplexity-user.json |
What "verified" means for Perplexity-User
For Perplexity-User, "verified" means DataSaaS compares the request IP against Perplexity's published ranges. A request carrying this user agent from any other IP is recorded as unverified.
Track it
Perplexity-User fetches raw HTML and never runs JavaScript, so no browser tag can see it. Install the DataSaaS server-side package to record every request and verify the ones that publish IP ranges.
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