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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 be described.

Response

Configuration information and deployment status of the index.

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<int32>
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:
status
object
required
Example:
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: