# Image Search By Steven Van · 2026-10-01 Developers can filter sources and formats in Agent API requests, with successful searches costing $2.50 per 1,000 calls. Photographs, diagrams and illustrations from the web can now appear as structured results during a [Perplexity]() Agent API request. The new image\_search tool returns image URLs and source-page URLs separately from the assistant’s text. ## Control sources and formats Developers enable image\_search in a request’s tools list. Each call returns up to five images by default, with a configurable limit from 1 to 30. Domain filters can include or exclude up to 10 domains, but cannot mix both modes. Format filters support BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WebP and SVG. Safe-search filtering is enabled by default. ## Read results and streaming events An image\_search\_results output item appears before the final assistant message. Each result includes the image URL, source-page URL and dimensions in pixels, with an optional title or description. A successful search with no matches returns an empty results array. Streaming requests emit separate events when the search starts and when results arrive, matched by call\_id. The completed response also includes the structured results item. ## Per-call pricing Successful calls cost **$2.50 per 1,000 invocations**. Failed searches return an empty results array with an image\_search\_failed error and have zero tool cost. The [Image Search documentation]() includes request examples in Python, TypeScript and cURL. ![Perplexity]() Perplexity AI-powered answer engine — ask anything and get cited, real-time answers from across the web. [View Perplexity →]() Sources [Original source]() [Read Image Search on Creators Toolbox]() --- Canonical source: https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/perplexity-image-search