Control plane
Describe a collection
This operation gets a description of a collection. Serverless indexes do not support collections.
GET
/
collections
/
{collection_name}
Authorizations
Api-Key
string
headerrequiredAn API Key is required to call Pinecone APIs. Get yours from the console.
Path Parameters
collection_name
string
requiredThe name of the collection to be described.
Response
200 - application/json
The CollectionModel describes the configuration and status of a Pinecone collection.
name
string
requiredThe name of the collection.
size
integer
The size of the collection in bytes.
status
enum<string>
requiredThe status of the collection.
Available options:
Initializing
, Ready
, Terminating
dimension
integer
The dimension of the vectors stored in each record held in the collection.
vector_count
integer
The number of records stored in the collection.
environment
string
requiredThe environment where the collection is hosted.
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