Executor

class Executor(mode, *, options=None)

Bases: object

Class for running QuantumPrograms.

The run() method can be used to submit a quantum program to be executed on a backend.

from qiskit_ibm_runtime import QiskitRuntimeService, Executor, QuantumProgram
 
service = QiskitRuntimeService()
backend = service.backend("ibm_boston")
 
program = QuantumProgram(shots=100)
... # add program contents
 
executor = Executor(backend)
executor.options.environment.job_tags = ["my_tag"]
job = executor.run(program)

Parameters

• mode (IBMBackend |Session |Batch | None) –

  The execution mode used to make the query. It can be:

  • A IBMBackend if you are using job mode.
  • A Session if you are using session execution mode.
  • A Batch if you are using batch execution mode.

  Refer to the Qiskit Runtime documentation for more information about the Execution modes.

• options (ExecutorOptions | dict | None) – Executor options, see ExecutorOptions for detailed description. This can be an ExecutorOptions instance or a dictionary that will be used to construct one.

Raises

• TypeError – If options is not a valid type.
• ValueError – If local mode is used.

Attributes

options

Methods

run