qiskit.providers.ibmq.credentials.Credentials

class Credentials(token, url, websockets_url=None, hub=None, group=None, project=None, proxies=None, verify=True, services=None)

IBM Quantum Experience account credentials.

Note

By convention, two credentials that have the same hub, group, and project are considered equivalent, regardless of other attributes.

Credentials constructor.

Parameters

• token (str) – IBM Quantum Experience API token.

• url (str) – IBM Quantum Experience URL.

• websockets_url (Optional[str]) – URL for websocket server.

• hub (Optional[str]) – The hub to use.

• group (Optional[str]) – The group to use.

• project (Optional[str]) – The project to use.

• proxies (Optional[Dict]) – Proxy configuration.

• verify (bool) – If False, ignores SSL certificates errors.

• services (Optional[Dict]) – Additional services for this account.

__init__(token, url, websockets_url=None, hub=None, group=None, project=None, proxies=None, verify=True, services=None)

Credentials constructor.

Parameters

• token (str) – IBM Quantum Experience API token.

• url (str) – IBM Quantum Experience URL.

• websockets_url (Optional[str]) – URL for websocket server.

• hub (Optional[str]) – The hub to use.

• group (Optional[str]) – The group to use.

• project (Optional[str]) – The project to use.

• proxies (Optional[Dict]) – Proxy configuration.

• verify (bool) – If False, ignores SSL certificates errors.

• services (Optional[Dict]) – Additional services for this account.

Methods

__init__(token, url[, websockets_url, hub, …])	Credentials constructor.
connection_parameters()	Construct connection related parameters.
is_ibmq()	Return whether the credentials represent an IBM Quantum Experience account.
unique_id()	Return a value that uniquely identifies these credentials.

connection_parameters()

Construct connection related parameters.

Return type

Dict[str, Any]

Returns

A dictionary with connection-related parameters in the format expected by requests. The following keys can be present: proxies, verify, and auth.

is_ibmq()

Return whether the credentials represent an IBM Quantum Experience account.

Return type

bool

unique_id()

Return a value that uniquely identifies these credentials.

By convention, two credentials that have the same hub, group, and project are considered equivalent.

Return type

HubGroupProject

Returns

A HubGroupProject instance.