Returns up to 100 IDs at a time by default in sorted order (bitwise "C" collation). If the `limit` parameter is set, `list` returns up to that number of IDs instead. Whenever there are additional IDs to return, the response includes `pagination.next`, a token you pass as `paginationToken` to get the next batch of IDs. When the response has no `pagination`, there are no more IDs to return.

For guidance and examples, see [List record IDs](/guides/manage-data-list-record-ids).

**Note:** `list` is supported only for serverless indexes.

```shell curl theme={null}
# To get the unique host for an index,
# see https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
INDEX_HOST="INDEX_HOST"

curl -X GET "https://$INDEX_HOST/vectors/list?namespace=example-namespace&prefix=doc1#&limit=3" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-07"
```

`GET /vectors/list`

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

```json title="200"
{
  "vectors": [
    {
      "id": "document1#abb"
    },
    {
      "id": "document1#abc"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "next": "Tm90aGluZyB0byBzZWUgaGVyZQo="
  },
  "namespace": "example-namespace",
  "usage": {
    "readUnits": 5
  }
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

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

## Query Parameters

- `prefix` (query, string) — The ID prefix to match. Only records whose ID starts with this value are returned.
- `limit` (query, integer) — Max number of IDs to return per page.
- `paginationToken` (query, string) — Pagination token to continue a previous listing operation.
- `namespace` (query, string) — The namespace to list vectors from. If not provided, the default namespace is used.

## Headers

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

## Response

- `200` — A successful response.
- `400` — Bad request. The request body included invalid request parameters.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: missing or invalid API key.
- `4XX` — An unexpected error response.
- `5XX` — An unexpected error response.

## Related pages

- [Search with a vector](./database-2026-07-data-plane-query.md)
- [Search with text](./database-2026-07-data-plane-search-records.md)
- [Upsert records](./database-2026-07-data-plane-upsert.md)
- [Upsert text](./database-2026-07-data-plane-upsert-records.md)
- [Fetch records](./database-2026-07-data-plane-fetch.md)
- [Fetch records by metadata](./database-2026-07-data-plane-fetch-by-metadata.md)
- [Update a record](./database-2026-07-data-plane-update.md)
- [Delete records](./database-2026-07-data-plane-delete.md)
- [Search with a vector](./database-2026-04-data-plane-query.md)
- [Search with text](./database-2026-04-data-plane-search-records.md)

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