Pinecone

Pinecone Bulk Operations API

The Bulk Operations API from Pinecone — 2 operation(s) for bulk operations.

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Operations 4

GET /bulk/imports List imports #

POST /bulk/imports Start import #

GET /bulk/imports/{id} Describe an import #

DELETE /bulk/imports/{id} Cancel an import #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Pinecone Data Plane Bulk Operations API
  description: Pinecone is a vector database that makes it easy to search and retrieve billions of high-dimensional vectors.
  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: 2025-10
servers:
- url: https://{index_host}
  variables:
    index_host:
      default: unknown
      description: host of the index
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Bulk Operations
paths:
  /bulk/imports:
    get:
      tags:
      - Bulk Operations
      summary: List imports
      description: 'List all recent and ongoing import operations.


        By default, `list_imports` returns up to 100 imports per page. If the `limit` parameter is set, `list` returns up to that number of imports instead. Whenever there are additional IDs to return, the response also includes a `pagination_token` that you can use to get the next batch of imports. When the response does not include a `pagination_token`, there are no more imports to return.


        For guidance and examples, see [Import data](https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/import-data).'
      operationId: listBulkImports
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: X-Pinecone-Api-Version
        description: Required date-based version header
        required: true
        schema:
          default: 2025-10
          type: string
        style: simple
      - in: query
        name: limit
        description: Max number of operations to return per page.
        schema:
          default: 100
          type: integer
          format: int32
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
        example: 10
        style: form
      - in: query
        name: paginationToken
        description: Pagination token to continue a previous listing operation.
        schema:
          type: string
        style: form
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of import operations
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListImportsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request. The request body included invalid request parameters.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
        4XX:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
        5XX:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
    post:
      tags:
      - Bulk Operations
      summary: Start import
      description: 'Start an asynchronous import of vectors from object storage into an index.


        For guidance and examples, see [Import data](https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/import-data).'
      operationId: startBulkImport
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: X-Pinecone-Api-Version
        description: Required date-based version header
        required: true
        schema:
          default: 2025-10
          type: string
        style: simple
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartImportRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful import operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartImportResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request. The request body included invalid request parameters.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
        4XX:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
        5XX:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
  /bulk/imports/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Bulk Operations
      summary: Describe an import
      description: 'Return details of a specific import operation.


        For guidance and examples, see [Import data](https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/import-data).'
      operationId: describeBulkImport
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: X-Pinecone-Api-Version
        description: Required date-based version header
        required: true
        schema:
          default: 2025-10
          type: string
        style: simple
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Unique identifier for the import operation.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 1000
        example: '101'
        style: simple
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Details of the import operation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportModel'
        '400':
          description: Bad request. The request body included invalid request parameters.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
        4XX:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
        5XX:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
    delete:
      tags:
      - Bulk Operations
      summary: Cancel an import
      description: 'Cancel an import operation if it is not yet finished. It has no effect if the operation is already finished.


        For guidance and examples, see [Import data](https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/import-data).'
      operationId: cancelBulkImport
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: X-Pinecone-Api-Version
        description: Required date-based version header
        required: true
        schema:
          default: 2025-10
          type: string
        style: simple
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Unique identifier for the import operation.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 1000
        example: '101'
        style: simple
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation cancelled successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CancelImportResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request. The request body included invalid request parameters.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
        4XX:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
        5XX:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
components:
  schemas:
    StartImportResponse:
      description: The response for the `start_import` operation.
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          example: '101'
          description: Unique identifier for the import operation.
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 1000
    ImportErrorMode:
      description: Indicates how to respond to errors during the import process.
      type: object
      properties:
        onError:
          description: 'Indicates how to respond to errors during the import process.

            Possible values: `abort` or `continue`.'
          x-enum:
          - abort
          - continue
          type: string
    ListImportsResponse:
      description: The response for the `list_imports` operation.
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportModel'
        pagination:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
    protobufAny:
      type: object
      properties:
        typeUrl:
          type: string
        value:
          type: string
          format: byte
    Pagination:
      type: object
      properties:
        next:
          example: Tm90aGluZyB0byBzZWUgaGVyZQo=
          type: string
    rpcStatus:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        message:
          type: string
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobufAny'
    CancelImportResponse:
      description: The response for the `cancel_import` operation.
      type: object
    ImportModel:
      description: The model for an import operation.
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          example: '101'
          description: Unique identifier for the import operation.
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 1000
        uri:
          description: The URI from where the data is imported.
          type: string
        status:
          example: Pending
          description: 'The status of the operation.

            Possible values: `Pending`, `InProgress`, `Failed`, `Completed`, or `Cancelled`.'
          x-enum:
          - Pending
          - InProgress
          - Failed
          - Completed
          - Cancelled
          type: string
        createdAt:
          description: The start time of the import operation.
          type: string
          format: date-time
        finishedAt:
          description: The end time of the import operation.
          type: string
          format: date-time
        percentComplete:
          example: 42.2
          description: The progress made by the operation, as a percentage.
          type: number
          format: float
          minimum: 0.0
          maximum: 100.0
        recordsImported:
          example: 1000000
          description: The number of records successfully imported.
          type: integer
          format: int64
        error:
          description: The error message if the import process failed.
          type: string
    StartImportRequest:
      description: The request for the `start_import` operation.
      type: object
      properties:
        integrationId:
          description: The id of the [storage integration](https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/operations/integrations/manage-storage-integrations) that should be used to access the data.
          type: string
          maxLength: 1000
        uri:
          description: The URI of the bucket (or container) and import directory containing the namespaces and Parquet files you want to import. For example, `s3://BUCKET_NAME/IMPORT_DIR` for Amazon S3, `gs://BUCKET_NAME/IMPORT_DIR` for Google Cloud Storage, or `https://STORAGE_ACCOUNT.blob.core.windows.net/CONTAINER_NAME/IMPORT_DIR` for Azure Blob Storage. For more information, see [Import records](https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/import-data#prepare-your-data).
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 1500
        errorMode:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportErrorMode'
      required:
      - uri
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Api-Key
      description: An API Key is required to call Pinecone APIs. Get yours from the [console](https://app.pinecone.io/).
externalDocs:
  description: More Pinecone.io API docs
  url: https://docs.pinecone.io/introduction