class_docstr: This handler handles connection and execution of the Pinecone statements.
class_docstr_tok: ["This","handler","handles","connection","and","execution","of","the","Pinecone","statements","."]
docstr: Connect to a pinecone database.
docstr_tok: ["Connect","to","a","pinecone","database","."]
code: def connect(self):
      """Connect to a pinecone database."""
      try:
          pinecone.init(
              api_key=self._client_config["api_key"],
              environment=self._client_config["environment"],
          )
          pinecone.list_indexes()
          self.is_connected = True
      except Exception as e:
          logger.error(f"Error connecting to Pinecone client, {e}!")
          self.is_connected = False
  
imports: from collections import OrderedDict
  from typing import List, Optional
  import pinecone
  import pandas
  import ast
  from mindsdb.integrations.libs.const import HANDLER_CONNECTION_ARG_TYPE
  from mindsdb.integrations.libs.response import RESPONSE_TYPE
  from mindsdb.integrations.libs.response import HandlerResponse
  from mindsdb.integrations.libs.response import HandlerResponse
  from mindsdb.integrations.libs.response import HandlerStatusResponse
  from mindsdb.integrations.libs.vectordatabase_handler import FilterCondition, FilterOperator, TableField, VectorStoreHandler
  from mindsdb.utilities import log
label_desc: Use image node_id 7 for calling the PineconeHandler obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.connect() without return types