How to retrieve list of IDs in an index

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It is still pretty ridiculous that we have to do this, but here is a workaround:

import numpy as np
def get_ids_from_query(index,input_vector):
  print("searching pinecone...")
  results = index.query(vector=input_vector, top_k=10000,include_values=False)
  ids = set()
  print(type(results))
  for result in results['matches']:
    ids.add(result['id'])
  return ids

def get_all_ids_from_index(index, num_dimensions, namespace=""):
  num_vectors = index.describe_index_stats()["namespaces"][namespace]['vector_count']
  all_ids = set()
  while len(all_ids) < num_vectors:
    print("Length of ids list is shorter than the number of total vectors...")
    input_vector = np.random.rand(num_dimensions).tolist()
    print("creating random vector...")
    ids = get_ids_from_query(index,input_vector)
    print("getting ids from a vector query...")
    all_ids.update(ids)
    print("updating ids set...")
    print(f"Collected {len(all_ids)} ids out of {num_vectors}.")

  return all_ids

all_ids = get_all_ids_from_index(index, num_dimensions=1536, namespace="")
print(all_ids)
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