Pinecone
With its vector database at the core, Pinecone is the leading knowledge platform for building accurate, secure, and scalable AI applications. The Pinecone APIs cover Database (vector storage and search), Inference (embeddings and reranking), Assistant (RAG over documents), and Admin (organization and project management).
Pinecone publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Database Control API, Database Data API, Inference API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Vector Databases, AI, Embeddings, and RAG.
The Pinecone catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Pinecone’s developer surface includes authentication, pricing, engineering blog, documentation, getting-started guide, code examples, changelog, and 16 more developer resources.
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APIs 6
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Pinecone Database Control API
Use the Database Control API to manage indexes, collections, and backups in Pinecone Database. The control plane handles lifecycle and configuration of vector storage resources.
Pinecone Database Data API
Use the Database Data API to upsert, query, fetch, update, and delete vector records in Pinecone indexes. The data plane is the high-throughput interface for real-time vector se...
Pinecone Inference API
Use the Inference API to generate vector embeddings and rerank results using models hosted on Pinecone's infrastructure.
Pinecone Assistant Control API
Use the Assistant Control API to create and manage Pinecone Assistants for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) over your documents.
Pinecone Assistant Data API
Use the Assistant Data API to upload documents to a Pinecone Assistant, ask questions, and receive responses grounded in those documents.
Pinecone Admin API
Use the Admin API to manage Pinecone organizations, projects, API keys, and service accounts at the platform level.
Postman Collections 9
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
Pinecone Admin API Keys API
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GraphQL 1
GraphQL schemas published by this provider.
Pinecone GraphQL API
Pinecone is a managed vector database for AI applications. The API covers index management, upsert and query of vector embeddings, metadata filtering, sparse-dense hybrid search...
GRAPHQLPricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Pinecone Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Pinecone Finops
FINOPSFeatures 16
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
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Spectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Pinecone API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 136
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
APIKey
JSON SCHEMAAPIKeyWithSecret
JSON SCHEMAAssistant
JSON SCHEMAAssistantFileModel
JSON SCHEMABackupList
JSON SCHEMABackupModel
JSON SCHEMABYOC
JSON SCHEMABYOC
JSON SCHEMACancelImportResponse
JSON SCHEMAChatCompletionModel
JSON SCHEMAChatModel
JSON SCHEMAChatRequest
JSON SCHEMAChoiceChunkModel
JSON SCHEMAChoiceModel
JSON SCHEMACitationModel
JSON SCHEMACollectionList
JSON SCHEMACollectionModel
JSON SCHEMAConfigureIndexRequest
JSON SCHEMAContextModel
JSON SCHEMAContextOptionsModel
JSON SCHEMAContextRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateAPIKeyRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateBackupRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateCollectionRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateIndexForModelRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateIndexFromBackupRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateIndexFromBackupResponse
JSON SCHEMACreateIndexRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateNamespaceRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateProjectRequest
JSON SCHEMADeleteRequest
JSON SCHEMADeleteResponse
JSON SCHEMADeletionProtection
JSON SCHEMADense embedding
JSON SCHEMADescribeIndexStatsRequest
JSON SCHEMADocument
JSON SCHEMADocxReferenceModel
JSON SCHEMAEmbedding
JSON SCHEMAEmbeddingsList
JSON SCHEMAEmbedInputs
JSON SCHEMAEmbedRequest
JSON SCHEMAErrorResponse
JSON SCHEMAFetchByMetadataRequest
JSON SCHEMAFetchByMetadataResponse
JSON SCHEMAFetchResponse
JSON SCHEMAHighlightModel
JSON SCHEMAHit
JSON SCHEMAImageModel
JSON SCHEMAImportErrorMode
JSON SCHEMAImportModel
JSON SCHEMAIndexDescription
JSON SCHEMAIndexList
JSON SCHEMAIndexModel
JSON SCHEMAIndexSpec
JSON SCHEMAIndexTags
JSON SCHEMAJsonReferenceModel
JSON SCHEMAListApiKeysResponse
JSON SCHEMAListImportsResponse
JSON SCHEMAListItem
JSON SCHEMAListNamespacesResponse
JSON SCHEMAListResponse
JSON SCHEMAMarkdownReferenceModel
JSON SCHEMAMessageModel
JSON SCHEMAMetadataSchema
JSON SCHEMAModelIndexEmbed
JSON SCHEMAModelInfo
JSON SCHEMAModelInfoList
JSON SCHEMAModelInfoMetric
JSON SCHEMAModelInfoSupportedMetrics
JSON SCHEMAModelInfoSupportedParameter
JSON SCHEMAMultiModalContentBlocksModel
JSON SCHEMAMultiModalContentImageBlockModel
JSON SCHEMAMultiModalContentTextBlockModel
JSON SCHEMAMultiModalSnippetModel
JSON SCHEMANamespaceDescription
JSON SCHEMANamespaceSummary
JSON SCHEMAOrganization
JSON SCHEMAOrganizationList
JSON SCHEMAPagination
JSON SCHEMAPaginationResponse
JSON SCHEMAPdfReferenceModel
JSON SCHEMAPod-based
JSON SCHEMAProject
JSON SCHEMAProjectList
JSON SCHEMAprotobufAny
JSON SCHEMAQueryRequest
JSON SCHEMAQueryResponse
JSON SCHEMAQueryVector
JSON SCHEMARankedDocument
JSON SCHEMAReadCapacity
JSON SCHEMAReadCapacityDedicatedConfig
JSON SCHEMADedicated
JSON SCHEMADedicated
JSON SCHEMAOn-demand
JSON SCHEMAOn-demand
JSON SCHEMAReadCapacityResponse
JSON SCHEMAReadCapacityStatus
JSON SCHEMAReferenceModel
JSON SCHEMARerankRequest
JSON SCHEMARerankResult
JSON SCHEMARestoreJobList
JSON SCHEMARestoreJobModel
JSON SCHEMArpcStatus
JSON SCHEMAScalingConfigManual
JSON SCHEMAScoredVector
JSON SCHEMASearchCompletions
JSON SCHEMASearchMatchTerms
JSON SCHEMASearchRecordsRequest
JSON SCHEMASearchRecordsResponse
JSON SCHEMASearchRecordsVector
JSON SCHEMASearchUsage
JSON SCHEMAServerless
JSON SCHEMAServerlessSpecResponse
JSON SCHEMAThe query results for a single `QueryVector`
JSON SCHEMASnippetModel
JSON SCHEMASparse embedding
JSON SCHEMASparseValues
JSON SCHEMAStartImportRequest
JSON SCHEMAStartImportResponse
JSON SCHEMAStreamChatCompletionChunkModel
JSON SCHEMATextReferenceModel
JSON SCHEMATextSnippetModel
JSON SCHEMATypedReferenceModel
JSON SCHEMAUpdateAPIKeyRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateOrganizationRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateProjectRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateResponse
JSON SCHEMAUpsertRecord
JSON SCHEMAUpsertRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpsertResponse
JSON SCHEMAUsage
JSON SCHEMAUsageModel
JSON SCHEMAVector
JSON SCHEMAVectorType
JSON SCHEMAVectorValues
JSON SCHEMAScroll for all 136
JSON Structure 1
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Pinecone Structure
JSON STRUCTUREExamples 47
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Pinecone Delete File Example
EXAMPLEPinecone Embed Example
EXAMPLEPinecone Get Model Example
EXAMPLEPinecone List Files Example
EXAMPLEPinecone List Models Example
EXAMPLEPinecone Rerank Example
EXAMPLEPinecone Upload File Example
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Security Posture 3
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 2
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 2
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 2
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 4
The organization behind the API
Other 3
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type