> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pinecone.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Create a new project
> Creates a new project.
```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
curl "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/projects" \
-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"name":"example-project"
}'
```
```json curl theme={null}
{
"id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
"name": "example-project",
"max_pods": 0,
"force_encryption_with_cmek": false,
"organization_id": "string",
"created_at": "2025-03-16T22:46:45.030Z"
}
```
## OpenAPI
````yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-api/refs/heads/main/2026-04/admin_2026-04.oas.yaml post /admin/projects
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: Pinecone Admin API
description: |
Provides an API for managing a Pinecone organization and its resources.
contact:
name: Pinecone Support
url: https://support.pinecone.io
email: support@pinecone.io
license:
name: Apache 2.0
url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
version: 2026-04
servers:
- url: https://api.pinecone.io
description: Production API endpoints
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: API Keys
description: Actions that manage API Keys.
- name: Organizations
description: Actions that manage organizations.
- name: Projects
description: Actions that manage projects.
paths:
/admin/projects:
post:
tags:
- Projects
summary: Create a new project
description: Creates a new project.
operationId: create_project
parameters:
- in: header
name: X-Pinecone-Api-Version
description: Required date-based version header
required: true
schema:
default: 2026-04
type: string
style: simple
requestBody:
description: The details of the new project.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateProjectRequest'
required: true
responses:
'200':
description: The project was successfully created.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Project'
'400':
description: Bad request. The request body included invalid request parameters.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
examples:
index-metric-validation-error:
summary: Validation error
value:
error:
code: INVALID_ARGUMENT
message: >-
Bad request. The request body included invalid request
parameters.
status: 400
'401':
description: 'Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
examples:
unauthorized:
summary: Unauthorized
value:
error:
code: UNAUTHENTICATED
message: Invalid API key.
status: 401
'403':
description: Forbidden
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'404':
description: Not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'500':
description: Internal server error.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
examples:
internal-server-error:
summary: Internal server error
value:
error:
code: UNKNOWN
message: Internal server error
status: 500
4XX:
description: Unexpected error on request.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
schemas:
CreateProjectRequest:
type: object
properties:
name:
example: chatbot-prod
description: The name of the new project.
type: string
minLength: 1
maxLength: 512
max_pods:
description: >
The maximum number of Pods that can be created in the project.
Default is `0` (serverless only).
type: integer
force_encryption_with_cmek:
description: >
Whether to force encryption with a customer-managed encryption key
(CMEK). Default is `false`.
type: boolean
required:
- name
Project:
description: The details of a project.
type: object
properties:
id:
description: The unique ID of the project.
type: string
format: uuid
name:
description: The name of the project.
type: string
minLength: 1
maxLength: 512
max_pods:
description: The maximum number of Pods that can be created in the project.
type: integer
force_encryption_with_cmek:
description: >-
Whether to force encryption with a customer-managed encryption key
(CMEK).
type: boolean
organization_id:
description: The unique ID of the organization that the project belongs to.
type: string
created_at:
description: The date and time when the project was created.
type: string
format: date-time
required:
- id
- name
- max_pods
- force_encryption_with_cmek
- organization_id
ErrorResponse:
example:
error:
code: QUOTA_EXCEEDED
message: >-
The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade
your account or change the project settings to increase the quota.
status: 429
description: The response shape used for all error responses.
type: object
properties:
status:
example: 500
description: The HTTP status code of the error.
type: integer
error:
example:
code: INVALID_ARGUMENT
message: >-
Index name must contain only lowercase alphanumeric characters or
hyphens, and must not begin or end with a hyphen.
description: Detailed information about the error that occurred.
type: object
properties:
code:
description: >-
The error code.
Possible values: `OK`, `UNKNOWN`, `INVALID_ARGUMENT`,
`DEADLINE_EXCEEDED`, `QUOTA_EXCEEDED`, `NOT_FOUND`,
`ALREADY_EXISTS`, `PERMISSION_DENIED`, `UNAUTHENTICATED`,
`RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED`, `FAILED_PRECONDITION`, `ABORTED`,
`OUT_OF_RANGE`, `UNIMPLEMENTED`, `INTERNAL`, `UNAVAILABLE`,
`DATA_LOSS`, `FORBIDDEN`, or `UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY`.
x-enum:
- OK
- UNKNOWN
- INVALID_ARGUMENT
- DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
- QUOTA_EXCEEDED
- NOT_FOUND
- ALREADY_EXISTS
- PERMISSION_DENIED
- UNAUTHENTICATED
- RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
- FAILED_PRECONDITION
- ABORTED
- OUT_OF_RANGE
- UNIMPLEMENTED
- INTERNAL
- UNAVAILABLE
- DATA_LOSS
- FORBIDDEN
- UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
type: string
message:
example: >-
Index name must contain only lowercase alphanumeric characters
or hyphens, and must not begin or end with a hyphen.
type: string
details:
description: >-
Additional information about the error. This field is not
guaranteed to be present.
type: object
required:
- code
- message
required:
- status
- error
securitySchemes:
BearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: >
An [access
token](https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/organizations/manage-service-accounts#retrieve-an-access-token)
must be provided in the `Authorization` header using the `Bearer`
scheme.
````