Pinecone Database
from pinecone import Pinecone pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY") backup = pc.describe_backup(backup_id="8c85e612-ed1c-4f97-9f8c-8194e07bcf71") print(backup)
{'backup_id': '8c85e612-ed1c-4f97-9f8c-8194e07bcf71', 'cloud': 'aws', 'created_at': '2025-05-15T00:52:10.809354Z', 'description': 'Monthly backup of production index', 'dimension': 1024, 'name': 'example-backup', 'namespace_count': 3, 'record_count': 98, 'region': 'us-east-1', 'size_bytes': 1069169, 'source_index_id': 'f73b36c9-faf5-4a2c-b1d6-4013d8b1cc74', 'source_index_name': 'docs-example', 'status': 'Ready', 'tags': {}}
Get a description of a backup.
An API Key is required to call Pinecone APIs. Get yours from the console.
The ID of the backup to describe.
Configuration information and deployment status of the backup.
The BackupModel describes the configuration and status of a Pinecone backup.
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