Create an index

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

# Serverless index
curl -s "https://api.pinecone.io/indexes" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10" \
  -d '{
        "name": "example-serverless-index",
        "vector_type": "dense",
        "dimension": 1536,
        "metric": "cosine",
        "spec": {
            "serverless": {
                "cloud": "aws",
                "region": "us-east-1"
            }
        },
        "tags": {
            "example": "tag"
        },
        "deletion_protection": "disabled"
      }'

# BYOC index
curl -s "https://api.pinecone.io/indexes" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10" \
  -d '{
        "name": "example-byoc-index",
        "vector_type": "dense",
        "dimension": 1536,
        "metric": "cosine",
        "spec": {
            "byoc": {
                "environment": "aws-us-east-1-b921"
            }
        },
        "tags": {
            "example": "tag"
        },
        "deletion_protection": "disabled"
      }'

# Pod-based index
curl -s "https://api.pinecone.io/indexes" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10" \
  -d '{
        "name": "example-pod-index",
        "dimension": 1536,
        "metric": "cosine",
        "spec": {
            "pod": {
                "environment": "us-west1-gcp",
                "pod_type": "p1.x1",
                "pods": 1
            }
        },
        "tags": {
            "example": "tag"
        },
        "deletion_protection": "disabled"
      }'

# Serverless index
{
    "name": "example-serverless-index",
    "vector_type": "dense",
    "metric": "cosine",
    "dimension": 1536,
    "status": {
        "ready": true,
        "state": "Ready"
    },
    "host": "example-serverless-index-govk0nt.svc.aped-4627-b74a.pinecone.io",
    "spec": {
        "serverless": {
            "region": "us-east-1",
            "cloud": "aws"
        }
    },
    "deletion_protection": "disabled",
    "tags": {
        "example": "tag"
    }
}

# BYOC index
{
    "name": "example-byoc-index",
    "vector_type": "dense",
    "metric": "cosine",
    "dimension": 1536,
    "status": {
        "ready": true,
        "state": "Ready"
    },
    "host": "example-byoc-index-govk0nt.svc.private.aped-4627-b74a.pinecone.io",
    "spec": {
        "byoc": {
            "environment": "aws-us-east-1-b921"
        }
    },
    "deletion_protection": "disabled",
    "tags": {
        "example": "tag"
    }
}
# Pod-based index
{
    "name": "example-pod-index",
    "metric": "cosine",
    "dimension": 1536,
    "status": {
        "ready": true,
        "state": "Ready"
    },
    "host": "example-pod-index-4zo0ijk.svc.us-west1-gcp.pinecone.io",
    "spec": {
        "pod": {
            "replicas": 1,
            "shards": 1,
            "pods": 1,
            "pod_type": "p1.x1",
            "environment": "us-west1-gcp"
        }
    },
    "deletion_protection": "disabled",
    "tags": {
        "example": "tag"
    }
}