## Description
This PR adds a new `PerplexityEmbeddings` class to the
`langchain-perplexity` partner package, providing first-class support
for the Perplexity Embeddings API alongside the existing
`ChatPerplexity`, `PerplexitySearchRetriever`, and
`PerplexitySearchResults` integrations.
### What was added
- `langchain_perplexity/embeddings.py` — `PerplexityEmbeddings` class
implementing `langchain_core.embeddings.Embeddings` with sync
(`embed_documents`, `embed_query`) and async (`aembed_documents`,
`aembed_query`) methods. Defaults to model `pplx-embed-v1-4b` and reuses
the existing `_utils.initialize_client` helper for API key resolution
(`PPLX_API_KEY` / `PERPLEXITY_API_KEY`).
- `__init__.py` exports `PerplexityEmbeddings` and adds it to `__all__`.
- Unit tests under `tests/unit_tests/test_embeddings.py` covering
sync/async paths with mocked clients (no network).
- Integration tests under `tests/integration_tests/test_embeddings.py`,
gated on `PPLX_API_KEY` (matches the pattern in `test_search_api.py`).
- README updated to advertise the new component.
### Why
LangChain users already get chat, search, and tool wrappers from
`langchain-perplexity`, but had to drop down to the raw Perplexity SDK
to use embeddings. This closes that gap.
### References
- Perplexity Embeddings docs: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/embeddings
- Perplexity Embeddings API reference:
https://docs.perplexity.ai/api-reference/embeddings-post
### Issue
Closes#36726
## Testing
- `cd libs/partners/perplexity && make lint` — passes (ruff, format,
mypy).
- `cd libs/partners/perplexity && make test` — all unit tests pass (59
passed, 1 skipped).
- Integration tests will run in CI with secrets; they exercise real
`embed_documents` / `embed_query` / async variants against the live API
and assert vector dimensionality consistency.
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Co-authored-by: Claude Agent <agent@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Mason Daugherty <github@mdrxy.com>
Perplexity's importance in the space has been growing, so we think it's
time to add an official integration!
Note: following the release of `langchain-perplexity` to `pypi`, we
should be able to add `perplexity` as an extra in
`libs/langchain/pyproject.toml`, but we're blocked by a circular import
for now.
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Co-authored-by: Eugene Yurtsev <eyurtsev@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Chester Curme <chester.curme@gmail.com>
