POST
/
embed
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

curl https://api.pinecone.io/embed \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-API-Version: 2025-04" \
  -d '{
      "model": "multilingual-e5-large",
      "parameters": {
        "input_type": "passage",
        "truncate": "END"
      },
      "inputs": [
        {"text": "Apple is a popular fruit known for its sweetness and crisp texture."},
        {"text": "The tech company Apple is known for its innovative products like the iPhone."},
        {"text": "Many people enjoy eating apples as a healthy snack."},
        {"text": "Apple Inc. has revolutionized the tech industry with its sleek designs and user-friendly interfaces."},
        {"text": "An apple a day keeps the doctor away, as the saying goes."},
        {"text": "Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne as a partnership."}
      ]
  }'

{
  "data": [
    {
      "values": [
        0.04925537109375,
        -0.01313018798828125,
        -0.0112762451171875,
        ...
      ]
    }, 
    ...
  ],
  "model": "multilingual-e5-large",
  "usage": {
    "total_tokens": 130
  }
}

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

curl https://api.pinecone.io/embed \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-API-Version: 2025-04" \
  -d '{
      "model": "multilingual-e5-large",
      "parameters": {
        "input_type": "passage",
        "truncate": "END"
      },
      "inputs": [
        {"text": "Apple is a popular fruit known for its sweetness and crisp texture."},
        {"text": "The tech company Apple is known for its innovative products like the iPhone."},
        {"text": "Many people enjoy eating apples as a healthy snack."},
        {"text": "Apple Inc. has revolutionized the tech industry with its sleek designs and user-friendly interfaces."},
        {"text": "An apple a day keeps the doctor away, as the saying goes."},
        {"text": "Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne as a partnership."}
      ]
  }'

{
  "data": [
    {
      "values": [
        0.04925537109375,
        -0.01313018798828125,
        -0.0112762451171875,
        ...
      ]
    }, 
    ...
  ],
  "model": "multilingual-e5-large",
  "usage": {
    "total_tokens": 130
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Api-Key
string
header
required

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

Body

application/json
Generate embeddings for inputs.
​
model
string
required

The model to use for embedding generation.

Example:

"multilingual-e5-large"

​
inputs
object[]
required

List of inputs to generate embeddings for.

​
parameters
object

Additional model-specific parameters. Refer to the model guide for available model parameters.

Example:
{
  "input_type": "passage",
  "truncate": "END"
}

Response

200
application/json
OK

Embeddings generated for the input.

​
model
string
required

The model used to generate the embeddings

Example:

"multilingual-e5-large"

​
vector_type
string
required

Indicates whether the response data contains 'dense' or 'sparse' embeddings.

Example:

"dense"

​
data
object[]
required

The embeddings generated for the inputs.

Embedding of a single input

​
usage
object
required

Usage statistics for the model inference.

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