For on-demand indexes, since vector values are retrieved from object storage, fetch operations may have increased latency. If you only need metadata or IDs, consider using the query operation with `includeValues` set to `false` instead.
For guidance and examples, see [Fetch data](/guides/manage-data-fetch-data).

```python Python theme={null}
# pip install "pinecone[grpc]"
from pinecone.grpc import PineconeGRPC as Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
index = pc.Index("pinecone-index")

index.fetch(ids=["id-1", "id-2"], namespace="example-namespace")
```

```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
// npm install @pinecone-database/pinecone
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone'

const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' })
const index = pc.index('pinecone-index')

const fetchResult = await index.namespace('example-namespace').fetch(['id-1', 'id-2']);
```

```java Java theme={null}
import io.pinecone.clients.Index;
import io.pinecone.clients.Pinecone;
import io.pinecone.proto.FetchResponse;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class FetchExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Pinecone pc = new Pinecone.Builder("YOUR_API_KEY").build();
        Index index = pc.getIndexConnection("pinecone-index");
        List<String> ids = Arrays.asList("id-1", "id-2");
        FetchResponse fetchResponse = index.fetch(ids, "example-namespace");
        System.out.println(fetchResponse);
    }
}
```

```shell curl theme={null}
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
INDEX_HOST="INDEX_HOST"

curl -X GET "https://$INDEX_HOST/vectors/fetch?ids=id-1&ids=id-2&namespace=example-namespace" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2024-04"
```

`GET /vectors/fetch`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request GET \
  --url https://{index_host}/vectors/fetch \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

```json title="200"
{
  "vectors": {
    "id-1": {
      "id": "id-1",
      "values": [
        1,
        1.5
      ]
    },
    "id-2": {
      "id": "id-2",
      "values": [
        2,
        1
      ]
    }
  },
  "namespace": "example-namespace",
  "usage": {
    "readUnits": 1
  }
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

- `Authorization` (header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`.

## Query Parameters

- `ids` (query, string\[], required) — The vector IDs to fetch. Does not accept values containing spaces.
- `namespace` (query, string)

## Response

- `200` — A successful response.
- `default` — An unexpected error response.

## Related pages

- [Search with a vector](./database-2026-07-data-plane-query.md)
- [Search with text](./database-2026-07-data-plane-search-records.md)
- [Upsert records](./database-2026-07-data-plane-upsert.md)
- [Upsert text](./database-2026-07-data-plane-upsert-records.md)
- [Fetch records](./database-2026-07-data-plane-fetch.md)
- [Fetch records by metadata](./database-2026-07-data-plane-fetch-by-metadata.md)
- [Update a record](./database-2026-07-data-plane-update.md)
- [Delete records](./database-2026-07-data-plane-delete.md)
- [List record IDs](./database-2026-07-data-plane-list.md)
- [Search with a vector](./database-2026-04-data-plane-query.md)

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