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: Check the connection to pinecone.
docstr_tok: ["Check","the","connection","to","pinecone","."]
code: def check_connection(self):
      """Check the connection to pinecone."""
      response_code = StatusResponse(False)
      try:
          pinecone.list_indexes()
          response_code.success = True
      except Exception as e:
          logger.error(f"Error connecting to pinecone , {e}!")
          response_code.error_message = str(e)
      return response_code
  
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 9 for calling the PineconeHandler obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.check_connection() and returns: response_code