# List backups for an index ```python Python theme={null} from pinecone import Pinecone pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY") index_backups = pc.list_backups(index_name="docs-example") print(index_backups) ``` ```javascript JavaScript theme={null} import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone'; const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' }) const indexBackups = await pc.listBackups({ indexName: 'docs-example' }); console.log(indexBackups); ``` ```java Java theme={null} import io.pinecone.clients.Pinecone; import org.openapitools.db_control.client.ApiException; import org.openapitools.db_control.client.model.*; public class CreateBackup { public static void main(String[] args) throws ApiException { Pinecone pc = new Pinecone.Builder("YOUR_API_KEY").build(); String indexName = "docs-example"; BackupList indexBackupList = pc.listIndexBackups(indexName); System.out.println(indexBackupList); } } ``` ```go Go theme={null} package main import ( "context" "encoding/json" "fmt" "log" "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v4/pinecone" ) func prettifyStruct(obj interface{}) string { bytes, _ := json.MarshalIndent(obj, "", " ") return string(bytes) } func main() { ctx := context.Background() pc, err := pinecone.NewClient(pinecone.NewClientParams{ ApiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY", }) if err != nil { log.Fatalf("Failed to create Client: %v", err) } indexName := "docs-example" limit := 2 indexBackups, err := pc.ListBackups(ctx, &pinecone.ListBackupsParams{ Limit: &limit, IndexName: &indexName, }) if err != nil { log.Fatalf("Failed to list backups: %v", err) } fmt.Printf(prettifyStruct(indexBackups)) } ``` ```csharp C# theme={null} using Pinecone; var pinecone = new PineconeClient("YOUR_API_KEY"); var indexBackups = await pinecone.Backups.ListByIndexAsync( "docs-example", new ListBackupsByIndexRequest()); Console.WriteLine(indexBackups); ``` ```bash curl theme={null} PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY" INDEX_NAME="docs-example" curl -X GET "https://api.pinecone.io/indexes/$INDEX_NAME/backups" \ -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \ -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-04" \ -H "accept: application/json" ``` ```python Python theme={null} [{ "backup_id": "8c85e612-ed1c-4f97-9f8c-8194e07bcf71", "source_index_name": "docs-example", "source_index_id": "f73b36c9-faf5-4a2c-b1d6-4013d8b1cc74", "status": "Ready", "cloud": "aws", "region": "us-east-1", "tags": {}, "name": "example-backup", "description": "Monthly backup of production index", "dimension": 1024, "record_count": 98, "namespace_count": 3, "size_bytes": 1069169, "created_at": "2025-05-15T00:52:10.809305882Z" }] ``` ```javascript JavaScript theme={null} { "data": [ { "backupId": "8c85e612-ed1c-4f97-9f8c-8194e07bcf71", "sourceIndexName": "docs-example", "sourceIndexId": "f73b36c9-faf5-4a2c-b1d6-4013d8b1cc74", "name": "example-backup", "description": "Monthly backup of production index", "status": "Ready", "cloud": "aws", "region": "us-east-1", "dimension": 1024, "metric": undefined, "recordCount": 98, "namespaceCount": 3, "sizeBytes": 1069169, "tags": {}, "createdAt": "2025-05-15T00:52:10.809305882Z" } ], "pagination": undefined } ``` ```java Java theme={null} class BackupList { data: [class BackupModel { backupId: 8c85e612-ed1c-4f97-9f8c-8194e07bcf71 sourceIndexName: docs-example sourceIndexId: f73b36c9-faf5-4a2c-b1d6-4013d8b1cc74 name: example-backup description: Monthly backup of production index status: Initializing cloud: aws region: us-east-1 dimension: null metric: null recordCount: null namespaceCount: null sizeBytes: null tags: {} createdAt: 2025-05-16T19:46:26.248428Z additionalProperties: null }] pagination: null additionalProperties: null } ``` ```go Go theme={null} { "data": [ { "backup_id": "bf2cda5d-b233-4a0a-aae9-b592780ad3ff", "cloud": "aws", "created_at": "2025-05-16T18:01:51.531129Z", "description": "Monthly backup of production index", "dimension": 0, "name": "example-backup", "namespace_count": 1, "record_count": 96, "region": "us-east-1", "size_bytes": 86393, "source_index_id": "bcb5b3c9-903e-4cb6-8b37-a6072aeb874f", "source_index_name": "docs-example", "status": "Ready", "tags": {} }, { "backup_id": "e12269b0-a29b-4af0-9729-c7771dec03e3", "cloud": "aws", "created_at": "2025-05-14T17:00:45.803146Z", "dimension": 0, "name": "example-backup2", "namespace_count": 1, "record_count": 96, "region": "us-east-1", "size_bytes": 86393, "source_index_id": "bcb5b3c9-903e-4cb6-8b37-a6072aeb874f", "source_index_name": "docs-example", "status": "Ready" } ], "pagination": { "next": "eyJsaW1pdCI6Miwib2Zmc2V0IjoyfQ==" } } ``` ```csharp C# theme={null} { "data": [ { "backup_id":"9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da", "source_index_id":"8433941a-dae7-43b5-ac2c-d3dab4a56b2b", "source_index_name":"docs-example", "tags":{}, "name":"example-backup", "description":"Monthly backup of production index", "status":"Pending", "cloud":"aws", "region":"us-east-1", "dimension":1024, "record_count":98, "namespace_count":3, "size_bytes":1069169, "created_at":"2025-03-11T18:29:50.549505Z" } ] } ``` ```json curl theme={null} { "data": [ { "backup_id":"9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da", "source_index_id":"8433941a-dae7-43b5-ac2c-d3dab4a56b2b", "source_index_name":"docs-example", "tags":{}, "name":"example-backup", "description":"Monthly backup of production index", "status":"Pending", "cloud":"aws", "region":"us-east-1", "dimension":1024, "record_count":98, "namespace_count":3, "size_bytes":1069169, "created_at":"2025-03-11T18:29:50.549505Z" } ], "pagination":null } ``` `GET /indexes/{index_name}/backups` :::code-group ```bash title="cURL" curl --request GET \ --url https://api.pinecone.io/indexes/{index_name}/backups \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer ' ``` ```json title="200" { "data": [ { "backup_id": "670e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001", "source_index_name": "my-index", "source_index_id": "670e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000", "name": "backup-2025-02-04", "description": "Backup before bulk update.", "status": "Ready", "cloud": "aws", "region": "us-east-1", "dimension": 1536, "metric": "cosine", "record_count": 120000, "namespace_count": 3, "size_bytes": 10000000, "tags": { "tag0": "val0", "tag1": "val1" }, "created_at": "" } ], "pagination": { "next": "dXNlcl9pZD11c2VyXzE=" } } ``` ::: ## Authorizations - `Authorization` (header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer `. ## Path Parameters - `index_name` (path, string, required) — Name of the backed up index ## Query Parameters - `limit` (query, integer) — The number of results to return per page. - `paginationToken` (query, string) — The token to use to retrieve the next page of results. ## Response - `200` — This operation returns a list of all the backups that you have previously created, and which are associated with the given index. - `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key. - `404` — Index not found. - `500` — Internal server error. ## Related pages - [Create a backup of an index](./database-2026-07-control-plane-create-backup.md) - [List backups for all indexes in a project](./database-2026-07-control-plane-list-project-backups.md) - [List backups for an index](./database-2026-07-control-plane-list-index-backups.md) - [Describe a backup](./database-2026-07-control-plane-describe-backup.md) - [Delete a backup](./database-2026-07-control-plane-delete-backup.md) - [Create an index from a backup](./database-2026-07-control-plane-create-index-from-backup.md) - [List restore jobs](./database-2026-07-control-plane-list-restore-jobs.md) - [Describe a restore job](./database-2026-07-control-plane-describe-restore-job.md) - [List collections](./database-2026-07-control-plane-list-collections.md) - [Create a collection](./database-2026-07-control-plane-create-collection.md) # Agent Instructions Cite this page’s canonical URL and keep its documentation version. 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