# Pinecone

> **Class** in `langchain_pinecone`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-pinecone/vectorstores/Pinecone)

Deprecated. Use PineconeVectorStore instead.

## Signature

```python
Pinecone(
    self,
    index: Optional[Any] = None,
    embedding: Optional[Embeddings] = None,
    text_key: Optional[str] = 'text',
    namespace: Optional[str] = None,
    distance_strategy: Optional[DistanceStrategy] = DistanceStrategy.COSINE,
    *,
    pinecone_api_key: Optional[str] = None,
    index_name: Optional[str] = None,
    host: Optional[str] = None,
)
```

## Extends

- `PineconeVectorStore`

## ⚠️ Deprecated

Deprecated since version 0.0.3. Use PineconeVectorStore instead. Will be removed in version 1.0.0.

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-pinecone/blob/2be42494fce2ff1a6165796114951fc8157ad4fb/libs/pinecone/langchain_pinecone/vectorstores.py#L1105)