List backups for an index
List all backups for an index.
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: 2025-10" \
-H "accept: application/json"{
"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
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”X-Pinecone-Api-Version(header, string, required) — Required date-based version headerindex_name(path, string, required) — Name of the backed up indexlimit(query, integer) — The number of results to return per page.paginationToken(query, string) — The token to use to retrieve the next page of results.
Responses
Section titled “Responses”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.