GET
/
backups
/
{backup_id}
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': {}}

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': {}}

Authorizations

​
Api-Key
string
header
required

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

Path Parameters

​
backup_id
string
required

The ID of the backup to describe.

Response

Configuration information and deployment status of the backup.

The BackupModel describes the configuration and status of a Pinecone backup.

​
backup_id
string
required

Unique identifier for the backup.

Example:

"670e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001"

​
source_index_name
string
required

Name of the index from which the backup was taken.

Example:

"my-index"

​
source_index_id
string
required

ID of the index.

Example:

"670e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

​
status
string
required

Current status of the backup (e.g., Initializing, Ready, Failed).

Example:

"Ready"

​
cloud
string
required

Cloud provider where the backup is stored.

Example:

"aws"

​
region
string
required

Cloud region where the backup is stored.

Example:

"us-east-1"

​
name
string

Optional user-defined name for the backup.

Example:

"backup-2025-02-04"

​
description
string

Optional description providing context for the backup.

Example:

"Backup before bulk update."

​
dimension
integer

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

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

1536

​
metric
enum<string>

The distance metric to be used for similarity search. You can use 'euclidean', 'cosine', or 'dotproduct'. If the 'vector_type' is 'sparse', the metric must be 'dotproduct'. If the vector_type is dense, the metric defaults to 'cosine'.

Available options:
cosine,
euclidean,
dotproduct
​
record_count
integer

Total number of records in the backup.

Example:

120000

​
namespace_count
integer

Number of namespaces in the backup.

Example:

3

​
size_bytes
integer

Size of the backup in bytes.

Example:

10000000

​
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" }
​
created_at
string

Timestamp when the backup was created.