[Bug] Python client connects to wrong environment

[Amar-89]

Is this a new bug in the Pinecone Python client?

• I believe this is a new bug in the Pinecone Python Client
• I have searched the existing issues, and I could not find an existing issue for this bug

Current Behavior

Python client automatically tries to connect to "us-west1-gcp" even though the env variable is set to "asia-southeast1-gcp-free".

PINECONE_ENV=asia-southeast1-gcp-free

pinecone.core.client.exceptions.UnauthorizedException: (401)
Reason: Unauthorized
HTTP response headers: HTTPHeaderDict({'www-authenticate': 'API key is missing or invalid for the environment "us-west1-gcp". Check that the correct environment is specified.', 'content-length': '114', 'date': 'Sun, 20 Aug 2023 17:10:54 GMT', 'server': 'envoy'})
HTTP response body: API key is missing or invalid for the environment "us-west1-gcp". Check that the correct environment is specified.

Expected Behavior

It should connect to the southeast asia server instead of trying to connect to US-west.

Steps To Reproduce

Using poetry with openai, pinecone, langchain.

Relevant log output

No response

Environment

- OS: Ubuntu
- Python: 3.11.4
- pinecone: n/a

Additional Context

No response

[jhamon]

You are setting the incorrect environment variable name and getting the default environment as a result. You should set PINECONE_ENVIRONMENT=asia-southeast1-gcp-free instead of PINECONE_ENV. We have a ticket to improve error messaging in cases like this.