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GET
/
characterizations
/
backends
/
{backend}
cURL
curl "https://api.ionq.co/v0.3/characterizations/backends/qpu.harmony" \
  -H "Authorization: apiKey your-api-key"
import requests

url = "https://api.ionq.co/v0.3/characterizations/backends/{backend}"

headers = {"Authorization": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.ionq.co/v0.3/characterizations/backends/{backend}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.ionq.co/v0.3/characterizations/backends/{backend}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: <api-key>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.ionq.co/v0.3/characterizations/backends/{backend}"

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.ionq.co/v0.3/characterizations/backends/{backend}")
.header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.ionq.co/v0.3/characterizations/backends/{backend}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "characterizations": [
    {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "date": 123,
      "qubits": 1,
      "connectivity": [
        [
          0,
          1
        ],
        [
          0,
          2
        ],
        "...",
        [
          10,
          9
        ]
      ],
      "fidelity": {
        "spam": {
          "mean": 1,
          "stderr": 1,
          "median": 1
        }
      },
      "timing": {
        "readout": 123,
        "reset": 123,
        "1q": 123,
        "2q": 123,
        "t1": 123,
        "t2": 123
      }
    }
  ],
  "pages": 123
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API keys are associated with a user and can be created on the IonQ Quantum Cloud application. To authenticate, prefix your API Key with apiKey and place it in the Authorization request header. Ex: Authorization: apiKey your-api-key

Path Parameters

backend
enum<string>
required

A backend where jobs can run on.

Available options:
qpu.harmony,
qpu.aria-1,
qpu.aria-2,
qpu.forte-1,
qpu.forte-enterprise-1

Query Parameters

start
integer

Characterizations starting at this time (e.g., start=1585713600000)

end
integer

Characterizations before this time (e.g., end=1585713600000)

limit
integer
default:10

How many objects to return.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 10
page
integer
default:1

Specify the page of results to return.

Required range: x >= 1

Response

200 - application/json

Successfully retrieved characterizations.

Response body from requesting characterization data.

characterizations
object[]
required

A page of characterizations measurements.

pages
integer

The number of remaining pages of characterization measurements.