PATCH
/
indexes
/
{index_name}
from pinecone.grpc import PineconeGRPC as Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

pc.configure_index(
    name="docs-example", 
    pod_type="p1.x2", 
    replicas=4,
    deletion_protection="enabled"
)

{
    "name": "docs-example",
    "metric": "cosine",
    "dimension": 1536,
    "status": {
        "ready": true,
        "state": "Ready"
    },
    "host": "docs-example1-4zo0ijk.svc.dev-us-west2-aws.pinecone.io",
    "spec": {
        "serverless": {
            "region": "us-east-1",
            "cloud": "aws"
        },
    "tags": {
            "example": "tag",
            "environment": "production"
        }
    }
}

from pinecone.grpc import PineconeGRPC as Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

pc.configure_index(
    name="docs-example", 
    pod_type="p1.x2", 
    replicas=4,
    deletion_protection="enabled"
)

{
    "name": "docs-example",
    "metric": "cosine",
    "dimension": 1536,
    "status": {
        "ready": true,
        "state": "Ready"
    },
    "host": "docs-example1-4zo0ijk.svc.dev-us-west2-aws.pinecone.io",
    "spec": {
        "serverless": {
            "region": "us-east-1",
            "cloud": "aws"
        },
    "tags": {
            "example": "tag",
            "environment": "production"
        }
    }
}

Authorizations

​
Api-Key
string
header
required

An API Key is required to call Pinecone APIs. Get yours from the console.

Path Parameters

​
index_name
string
required

The name of the index to configure.

Body

application/json

The desired pod size and replica configuration for the index.

Configuration used to scale an index.

​
spec
object
​
deletion_protection
enum<string>
default:disabled

Whether deletion protection is enabled/disabled for the index.

Available options:
disabled,
enabled
​
tags
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 must be alphanumeric, ';', '@', '', '-', '.', '+', or ' '. To unset a key, set the value to be an empty string.

Example:
{ "tag0": "val0", "tag1": "val1" }

Response

The request to configure the index has been accepted. Check the index status to see when the change has been applied.

The IndexModel describes the configuration and status of a Pinecone index.

​
name
string
required

The name of the index. Resource name must be 1-45 characters long, start and end with an alphanumeric character, and consist only of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-'.

Required string length: 1 - 45
Example:

"example-index"

​
dimension
integer
required

The dimensions of the vectors to be inserted in the index.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 20000
Example:

1536

​
metric
enum<string>
default:cosine
required

The distance metric to be used for similarity search. You can use 'euclidean', 'cosine', or 'dotproduct'.

Available options:
cosine,
euclidean,
dotproduct
​
host
string
required

The URL address where the index is hosted.

Example:

"semantic-search-c01b5b5.svc.us-west1-gcp.pinecone.io"

​
spec
object
required
Example:
{
  "pod": {
    "environment": "us-east-1-aws",
    "metadata_config": {
      "indexed": ["genre", "title", "imdb_rating"]
    },
    "pod_type": "p1.x1",
    "pods": 1,
    "replicas": 1,
    "shards": 1
  }
}
​
status
object
required
Example:
{
  "ready": true,
  "state": "ScalingUpPodSize"
}
​
deletion_protection
enum<string>
default:disabled

Whether deletion protection is enabled/disabled for the index.

Available options:
disabled,
enabled
​
tags
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 must be alphanumeric, ';', '@', '', '-', '.', '+', or ' '. To unset a key, set the value to be an empty string.

Example:
{ "tag0": "val0", "tag1": "val1" }