Pinecone Manage Indexes API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Api-Key (ApiKeyAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
ApiKeyAuth — An API Key is required to call Pinecone APIs. Get yours from the [console](https://app.pinecone.io/).
Paths & Operations 18
Across 11 paths, the API surfaces 18 operations — 3 DELETE, 9 GET, 1 PATCH, 5 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The contract defines 36 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BackupModel (16 properties), IndexModel (11 properties), RestoreJobModel (8 properties), CreateIndexForModelRequest (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
BackupModel
object
The BackupModel describes the configuration and status of a Pinecone backup.
16 properties6 required
ServerlessSpecResponse
object
Configuration of a serverless index.
5 properties3 required
ReadCapacityDedicatedSpecResponse
object
3 properties3 required
ReadCapacityStatus
object
The current status of factors affecting the read capacity of a serverless index
4 properties1 required
ServerlessSpec
object
Configuration needed to deploy a serverless index.
5 properties2 required
DeletionProtection
string
Whether [deletion protection](http://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/manage-indexesconfigure-deletion-protection) is enabled/disabled for the index. Possib…
ModelIndexEmbed
object
The embedding model and document fields mapped to embedding inputs.
7 properties1 required
CreateBackupRequest
object
The configuration needed to create a backup of an index.
2 properties
ReadCapacityOnDemandSpecResponse
object
2 properties2 required
ReadCapacity
By default the index will be created with read capacity mode OnDemand. If you prefer to allocate dedicated read nodes for your workload, you must specify mode…
ByocSpecResponse
object
Configuration of a BYOC index.
3 properties2 required
CreateIndexFromBackupResponse
object
The response for creating an index from a backup.
2 properties2 required
IndexModel
object
The IndexModel describes the configuration and status of a Pinecone index.
11 properties6 required
BackupList
object
The list of backups that exist in the project.
2 properties
RestoreJobModel
object
The RestoreJobModel describes the status of a restore job.
8 properties6 required
PodSpec
object
Configuration needed to deploy a pod-based index.
7 properties2 required
CollectionList
object
The list of collections that exist in the project.
1 property
IndexTags
object
Custom user tags added to an index. Keys must be 80 characters or less. Values must be 120 characters or less. Keys must be alphanumeric, '', or '-'. Values mu…
CollectionModel
object
The CollectionModel describes the configuration and status of a Pinecone collection.
6 properties3 required
ConfigureIndexRequest
object
Configuration used to scale an index.
4 properties
ByocSpec
object
Configuration needed to deploy an index in a BYOC environment.
3 properties1 required
IndexSpec
object
The spec object defines how the index should be deployed. For serverless indexes, you define only the [cloud and region](http://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-d…
CreateIndexFromBackupRequest
object
The configuration needed to create a Pinecone index from a backup.
3 properties1 required
CreateCollectionRequest
object
The configuration needed to create a Pinecone collection.
2 properties2 required
ScalingConfigManual
object
The config to use for manual read capacity scaling.
2 properties
CreateIndexForModelRequest
object
The desired configuration for the index and associated embedding model.
8 properties4 required
ReadCapacityOnDemandSpec
object
1 property1 required
ReadCapacityResponse
Response containing read capacity configuration
IndexList
object
The list of indexes that exist in the project.
1 property
ReadCapacityDedicatedConfig
object
Configuration for dedicated read capacity. See [this guide](https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/dedicated-read-nodes) for more details on how to configu…
3 properties
MetadataSchema
object
Schema for the behavior of Pinecone's internal metadata index. By default, all metadata is indexed; when schema is present, only fields which are present in th…
1 property1 required
PaginationResponse
object
The pagination object that is returned with paginated responses.
1 property1 required
ReadCapacityDedicatedSpec
object
2 properties2 required
ErrorResponse
object
The response shape used for all error responses.
2 properties2 required
RestoreJobList
object
The list of restore jobs that exist in the project.
2 properties1 required
CreateIndexRequest
object
The configuration needed to create a Pinecone index.
7 properties2 required
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