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

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

```python Python theme={null}
# Not supported with pinecone["grpc"] extras installed
from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

index = pc.Index(host="INDEX_HOST")

namespace = index.describe_namespace(namespace="example-namespace")

print(namespace)
```

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

const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' })

const index = pc.index('docs-example');

const namespace = await index.describeNamespace('example-namespace');

console.log(namespace);
```

```java Java theme={null}
import io.pinecone.clients.Index;
import io.pinecone.configs.PineconeConfig;
import io.pinecone.configs.PineconeConnection;
import io.pinecone.proto.NamespaceDescription;

import org.openapitools.db_data.client.ApiException;

public class Namespaces {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ApiException {
        PineconeConfig config = new PineconeConfig("YOUR_API_KEY");
        // To get the unique host for an index, 
        // see https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index
        config.setHost("INDEX_HOST");
        PineconeConnection connection = new PineconeConnection(config);

        Index index = new Index(config, connection, "docs-example");

        NamespaceDescription namespaceDescription = index.describeNamespace("example-namespace");

        System.out.println(namespaceDescription);
    }
}
```

```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)
    }

    // To get the unique host for an index, 
    // see https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index
    idxConnection, err := pc.Index(pinecone.NewIndexConnParams{Host: "INDEX_HOST"})
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create IndexConnection for Host: %v", err)
    } 

    namespace, err := idxConnection.DescribeNamespace(ctx, "example-namespace")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to describe namespace: %v", err)
    }
    fmt.Printf(prettifyStruct(namespace))
}
```

```csharp C# theme={null}
using Pinecone;

var pinecone = new PineconeClient("PINECONE_API_KEY");

// To get the unique host for an index, 
// see https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index
var index = pinecone.Index(host: "INDEX_HOST");

var @namespace = await index.DescribeNamespaceAsync("example-namespace");

Console.WriteLine(@namespace);
```

```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
INDEX_HOST="YOUR_INDEX_HOST"
NAMESPACE="YOUR_NAMESPACE"  # To target the default namespace, use "__default__".

curl "https://$INDEX_HOST/namespaces/$NAMESPACE" \
    -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
    -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-04"
```

```python Python theme={null}
{
    "name": "example-namespace",
    "record_count": "20000"
}
```

```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
{ "name": "example-namespace", "recordCount": "20000" }
```

```java Java theme={null}
name: "example-namespace"
record_count: 20000
```

```go Go theme={null}
{
  "name": "example-namespace",
  "record_count": 20000
}
```

```csharp C# theme={null}
{"name":"example-namespace","recordCount":20000}
```

```json curl theme={null}
{
  "name": "example-namespace",
  "record_count": 20000
}
```

`GET /namespaces/{namespace}`

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

```json title="200"
{
  "name": "example-namespace",
  "record_count": 20000
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

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

## Path Parameters

- `namespace` (path, string, required) — The namespace to describe

## Response

- `200` — A description of a namespace.
- `400` — Bad request. The request body included invalid request parameters.
- `4XX` — An unexpected error response.
- `5XX` — An unexpected error response.

## Related pages

- [List namespaces](./database-2026-07-data-plane-listnamespaces.md)
- [Create a namespace](./database-2026-07-data-plane-createnamespace.md)
- [Describe a namespace](./database-2026-07-data-plane-describenamespace.md)
- [Delete a namespace](./database-2026-07-data-plane-deletenamespace.md)
- [List namespaces](./database-2026-04-data-plane-listnamespaces.md)
- [Create a namespace](./database-2026-04-data-plane-createnamespace.md)
- [Describe a namespace](./database-2026-04-data-plane-describenamespace.md)
- [Delete a namespace](./database-2026-04-data-plane-deletenamespace.md)
- [List namespaces](./database-2025-10-data-plane-listnamespaces.md)
- [Create a namespace](./database-2025-10-data-plane-createnamespace.md)

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