Pagination

Some SDK operations return results in pages. The SDK provides Paginator (sync) and AsyncPaginator (async) to iterate over those pages lazily — only fetching the next page when you ask for it.

Paginator and AsyncPaginator

Both classes share the same interface:

Member	Description
`__iter__` / `__aiter__`	Iterate over individual items across all pages
`.pages()`	Iterate over `Page` objects rather than individual items
`.to_list()`	Fetch all items into a list in one call
`.pagination_token`	Token for the next page; `None` when all pages have been consumed

Iterating over items

::::{tabs} :::{tab} Sync

python

from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone()

for assistant in pc.assistants.list():
    print(assistant.name)

::: :::{tab} Async

python

import asyncio
from pinecone import AsyncPinecone

async def main() -> None:
    async with AsyncPinecone() as pc:
        async for assistant in pc.assistants.list():
            print(assistant.name)

asyncio.run(main())

::: ::::

Iterating page by page

::::{tabs} :::{tab} Sync

python

for page in pc.assistants.list().pages():
    print(f"Page has {len(page.items)} items")
    for assistant in page.items:
        print(assistant.name)
    if not page.has_more:
        break

::: :::{tab} Async

python

async with AsyncPinecone() as pc:
    async for page in pc.assistants.list().pages():
        print(f"Page has {len(page.items)} items")
        for assistant in page.items:
            print(assistant.name)

::: ::::

Collecting all results at once

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python

all_assistants = pc.assistants.list().to_list()

::: :::{tab} Async

python

async with AsyncPinecone() as pc:
    all_assistants = await pc.assistants.list().to_list()

::: ::::

The Page Object

Each page yielded by .pages() has two attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
`items`	`list[T]`	The items on this page
`pagination_token`	`str \| None`	Opaque token to fetch the next page; `None` on the last page
`has_more`	`bool`	`True` if more pages are available

Limiting Results

Pass limit to cap the total number of items returned across all pages:

python

# Return at most 50 assistants total
for assistant in pc.assistants.list(limit=50):
    print(assistant.name)

Resuming Pagination

Save pagination_token to resume iteration later:

python

paginator = pc.assistants.list()
first_page = next(paginator.pages())

# Store the token
token = first_page.pagination_token

# Later: resume from where you left off
from pinecone.models.pagination import Paginator

# (pass initial_token when constructing directly)

Paginating Vector IDs

Index.list_paginated() returns a ListResponse for a single page of vector IDs. Use it directly when you need fine-grained control over pagination tokens:

python

from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone()
desc = pc.indexes.describe("product-search")
index = pc.index(host=desc.host)

# Fetch the first page
page = index.list_paginated(prefix="product#", limit=100)
for item in page.vectors:
    print(item.id)

# Fetch subsequent pages
while page.pagination is not None and page.pagination.next is not None:
    page = index.list_paginated(
        prefix="product#",
        limit=100,
        pagination_token=page.pagination.next,
    )
    for item in page.vectors:
        print(item.id)

Non-Paginated Responses

Not every list operation uses a paginator. pc.indexes.list() returns an IndexList directly — it contains all indexes in a single response with no pagination token.

python

result = pc.indexes.list()
for index in result.indexes:
    print(index.name)