Create an index in BYOC

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

curl -X POST "https://api.pinecone.io/indexes" \
     -H "Accept: application/json" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
     -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-07" \
     -d '{
           "name": "example-byoc-index",
           "deployment": {
             "deployment_type": "byoc",
             "environment": "aws-us-east-1-26bf.byoc"
           },
           "schema": {
             "fields": {
               "_values": { "type": "dense_vector", "dimension": 1536, "metric": "cosine" }
             }
           },
           "read_capacity": {
             "mode": "Dedicated",
             "dedicated": {
               "node_type": "b1",
               "scaling": "Manual",
               "manual": {
                 "shards": 1,
                 "replicas": 1
               }
             }
           },
           "deletion_protection": "disabled"
         }'

from pinecone import Pinecone
from pinecone.db_control.models import ByocSpec

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

pc.db.index.create(
    name="example-byoc-index",
    dimension=1536,
    metric="cosine",
    vector_type="dense",
    spec=ByocSpec(
        environment="aws-us-east-1-26bf.byoc",
        read_capacity={
            "mode": "Dedicated",
            "dedicated": {
                "node_type": "b1",
                "scaling": "Manual",
                "manual": {
                    "shards": 1,
                    "replicas": 1,
                },
            },
        },
    ),
    deletion_protection="disabled",
)