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Ask HN: Will AIs like Perplexity API replace scrapers

1 points by reyml ↗ HN
Has anyone used the Perplexity API for any projects?

One issue I've encountered is inconsistency - for example, when using the same prompt to request a ranking for 'x', the results can vary

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verdverm
I only see one endpoint in their docs, for a chat experience (https://docs.perplexity.ai/reference)

What are you referring to exactly?

Separately, AIs car not going to obviate the need to fetch the page and run the javascript. That has to come before they do semantic analysis, just like any other tool that extracts information. It's a 2-step process