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qiskit.providers.ProviderV1

class ProviderV1

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Base class for a Backend Provider.

__init__

__init__()

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.


Methods

__init__()Initialize self.
backends([name])Return a list of backends matching the specified filtering.
get_backend([name])Return a single backend matching the specified filtering.

Attributes

version

backends

abstract backends(name=None, **kwargs)

Return a list of backends matching the specified filtering.

Parameters

  • name (str) – name of the backend.
  • **kwargs – dict used for filtering.

Returns

a list of Backends that match the filtering

criteria.

Return type

list[Backend]

get_backend

get_backend(name=None, **kwargs)

Return a single backend matching the specified filtering.

Parameters

  • name (str) – name of the backend.
  • **kwargs – dict used for filtering.

Returns

a backend matching the filtering.

Return type

Backend

Raises

QiskitBackendNotFoundError – if no backend could be found or more than one backend matches the filtering criteria.

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