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BaseProvider

BaseProvider(*args, **kwargs) GitHub(opens in a new tab)

Bases: abc.ABC

Base class for a Backend Provider.


Methods

backends

abstract BaseProvider.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[BaseBackend]

get_backend

BaseProvider.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

BaseBackend

Raises

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

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