For guidance and examples, see [Manage namespaces](/guides/manage-data-manage-namespaces).

**Note:** This operation is not supported for pod-based indexes.

:::code-group
```bash curl
# To get the unique host for an index,
# see https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
INDEX_HOST="INDEX_HOST"

curl "https://$INDEX_HOST/namespaces" \
  -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-namespace",
        "schema": {
		  "fields": { 
            "document_id": {"filterable": true},
            "document_title": {"filterable": true},
            "chunk_number": {"filterable": true},
            "document_url": {"filterable": true},
            "created_at": {"filterable": true}
          }
        }
      }'
```
:::

`POST /namespaces`

:::code-group
```json title="200"
{
  "name": "example-namespace",
  "record_count": 20000,
  "schema": {
    "fields": {
      "description": {
        "filterable": true
      },
      "genre": {
        "filterable": true
      },
      "year": {
        "filterable": true
      }
    }
  },
  "indexed_fields": {
    "fields": [
      "genre",
      "year",
      "author"
    ]
  }
}
```

```json title="400"
{
  "code": 123,
  "message": "<string>",
  "details": [
    {
      "typeUrl": "<string>",
      "value": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}
```

```json title="409"
{
  "code": 123,
  "message": "<string>",
  "details": [
    {
      "typeUrl": "<string>",
      "value": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}
```

```json title="4XX"
{
  "code": 123,
  "message": "<string>",
  "details": [
    {
      "typeUrl": "<string>",
      "value": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}
```

```json title="5XX"
{
  "code": 123,
  "message": "<string>",
  "details": [
    {
      "typeUrl": "<string>",
      "value": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}
```
:::

#### Authorizations

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Key` | `string` | - |  |

An API Key is required to call Pinecone APIs. Get yours from the [console](https://app.pinecone.io/).

#### Headers

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` | `string` | `2025-10` | Required date-based version header |

#### Body

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | - | The name of the namespace. Example: example-namespace |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `schema?` | `object` | - | Schema for the behavior of Pinecone's internal metadata index. By default, all metadata is indexed; when schema is present, only fields which are present in the fields object with a filterable: true are indexed. Note that filterable: false is not currently supported. |

:::accordion{title="Show child attributes"}
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `fields` | `object` | - | A map of metadata field names to their configuration. The field name must be a valid metadata field name. The field name must be unique. |
:::

#### Response

`200` — A successful response.

A description of a namespace, including the name and record count.

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name?` | `string` | - | The name of the namespace. Example: example-namespace |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `record_count?` | `integer` | - | The total amount of records within the namespace. Example: 20000 |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `schema?` | `object` | - | Schema for the behavior of Pinecone's internal metadata index. By default, all metadata is indexed; when schema is present, only fields which are present in the fields object with a filterable: true are indexed. Note that filterable: false is not currently supported. |

:::accordion{title="Show child attributes"}
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `fields` | `object` | - | A map of metadata field names to their configuration. The field name must be a valid metadata field name. The field name must be unique. |
:::

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `indexed_fields?` | `object` | - | A list of all indexed metatadata fields in the namespace |

:::accordion{title="Show child attributes"}
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `fields?` | `string[]` | - |  |
:::

## Related pages

- [Account management](./account-management-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-2-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-index.md)
- [APIs](./apis-index.md)
- [Architecture](./architecture-index.md)
- [Bring Your Own Cloud](./bring-your-own-cloud-index.md)
- [Build an assistant](./build-an-assistant-index.md)
- [Build an integration](./build-an-integration-index.md)
- [Changelog](./changelog-index.md)
- [Changelog](../changelog.md)

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