# Describe a namespace

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

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

```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: 2025-10"
```

`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,
  "schema": {
    "fields": {
      "description": {
        "filterable": true
      },
      "genre": {
        "filterable": true
      },
      "year": {
        "filterable": true
      }
    }
  },
  "indexed_fields": {
    "fields": [
      "genre",
      "year",
      "author"
    ]
  }
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

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

## Path Parameters

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

## Headers

- `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` (header, string, required) — Required date-based version header

## 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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