Backends
Get a Backend
Retrieve detailed information about a specific backend.
GET
Retrieve detailed information about a specific backend including its current status, qubit count, queue times, and performance characteristics. Use this to check if a backend is available before submitting jobs or to get technical specifications.
Learn more about backend specifications.
Authorizations
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
A backend where jobs can run on.
Available options:
qpu.aria-1
, qpu.aria-2
, qpu.forte-1
, qpu.forte-enterprise-1
Response
200 - application/json
Successfully retrieved backend.
A backend that you can target your program to run on.