Describe a backup
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
BACKUP_ID="8c85e612-ed1c-4f97-9f8c-8194e07bcf71"
curl -X GET "https://api.pinecone.io/backups/$BACKUP_ID" \
-H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04" \
-H "accept: application/json"{
"backup_id":"8c85e612-ed1c-4f97-9f8c-8194e07bcf71",
"source_index_id":"f73b36c9-faf5-4a2c-b1d6-4013d8b1cc74",
"source_index_name":"docs-example",
"tags":{},
"name":"example-backup",
"description":"Monthly backup of production index",
"status":"Ready",
"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"
}GET /backups/{backup_id}
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”X-Pinecone-Api-Version(header, string, required) — Required date-based version headerbackup_id(path, string, required) — The ID of the backup to describe.
Responses
Section titled “Responses”200— Configuration information and deployment status of the backup.401— Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.404— Backup not found.500— Internal server error.