Create a Pinecone API key to access the Pinecone API. You need an API key to make API calls to your Pinecone project.
All API calls to your Pinecone index authenticate with an API key for the project containing the target index. If you are using a Pinecone client, you can initialize a client object that allows you to provide your API key in one place and use it multiple times. If you are making HTTP requests, the HTTP request must include a header that specifies the API key.
To create a Pinecone API key, perform the following steps: