POST
/
indexes
/
{index_name}
/
backups
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
INDEX_NAME="docs-example"

curl "https://api.pinecone.io/indexes/$INDEX_NAME/backups" \
    -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
    -H 'accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10" \
    -d '{
      "name": "example-backup", 
      "description": "Monthly backup of production index"
      }'

{
  "backup_id":"8c85e612-ed1c-4f97-9f8c-8194e07bcf71",
  "source_index_id":"f73b36c9-faf5-4a2c-b1d6-4013d8b1cc74",
  "source_index_name":"docs-example",
  "tags":{},
  "name":"example-backup",
  "description":"Monthly backup of production index",
  "status":"Ready",
  "cloud":"aws",
  "region":"us-east-1",
  "dimension":1024,
  "record_count":96,
  "namespace_count":3,
  "size_bytes":1069169,
  "created_at":"2025-05-14T16:37:25.625540Z"
  }

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
INDEX_NAME="docs-example"

curl "https://api.pinecone.io/indexes/$INDEX_NAME/backups" \
    -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
    -H 'accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10" \
    -d '{
      "name": "example-backup", 
      "description": "Monthly backup of production index"
      }'

{
  "backup_id":"8c85e612-ed1c-4f97-9f8c-8194e07bcf71",
  "source_index_id":"f73b36c9-faf5-4a2c-b1d6-4013d8b1cc74",
  "source_index_name":"docs-example",
  "tags":{},
  "name":"example-backup",
  "description":"Monthly backup of production index",
  "status":"Ready",
  "cloud":"aws",
  "region":"us-east-1",
  "dimension":1024,
  "record_count":96,
  "namespace_count":3,
  "size_bytes":1069169,
  "created_at":"2025-05-14T16:37:25.625540Z"
  }

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

Name of the index to backup

Body

application/json

The desired configuration for the backup.

The configuration needed to create a backup of an index.

Response

201
application/json

The backup has been successfully created.

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