FakeProvider

qiskit.providers.fake_provider.FakeProvider

Bases: ProviderV1

Fake provider containing fake V1 backends.

Only filtering backends by name is implemented. This class contains all fake V1 backends available in the qiskit.providers.fake_provider.

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Attributes

version

= 1

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Methods

backends

backends(name=None, **kwargs)

Return a list of backends matching the specified filtering.

Parameters

• name (str (opens in a new tab)) – name of the backend.
• **kwargs – dict used for filtering.

Returns

a list of Backends that match the filtering

criteria.

Return type

list (opens in a new tab)[Backend]

get_backend

get_backend(name=None, **kwargs)

Return a single backend matching the specified filtering.

Parameters

• name (str (opens in a new tab)) – 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.