v0.7616 - perplexity api model update

Author: FlyingFathead

README.md

@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ If you run into any issues, consult the logs or reach out on the repository's [I
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 # Changelog
+- v0.7616 - Changed default Perplexity API model to `sonar` as per new model changes in the Perplexity API
 - v0.7615 - Parsing improvements
   - Improved text formatting & escaping in complex markdown vs. html cases
 - v0.7614 - Better stock market data fetching from Yahoo Finance 

config/config.ini

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Model = gpt-4o-mini
 
 # Model temperature; OpenAI's default is 0.7
 # Higher temperature equals more creative (= less factual) output. much over 1.0 not recommended.
-Temperature = 1.0
+Temperature = 0.9
 
 # Timeout on OpenAI API requests 
 # (in seconds to wait for the reply)
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ ShowPastRemindersCount = 10
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 [Perplexity]
 # Model name to use with Perplexity API
-Model = llama-3.1-sonar-small-128k-online
+# Model = llama-3.1-sonar-small-128k-online
+Model = sonar
 
 # Maximum tokens for Perplexity API response
 MaxTokens = 1024

src/main.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # https://github.com/FlyingFathead/TelegramBot-OpenAI-API
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # version of this program
-version_number = "0.7615"
+version_number = "0.7616"
 
 # Add the project root directory to Python's path
 import sys