D-Wave QPU API

The QPU API from D-Wave — 1 operation(s) for qpu.

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POST /problems/ Submit QPU Problem #

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OpenAPI Specification

d-wave-qpu-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: D-Wave Samplers (Advantage / Advantage2) QPU API
  version: '3.0'
  description: 'Direct access to D-Wave quantum annealing QPUs (Advantage with Pegasus topology and

    Advantage2 with Zephyr topology) through the SAPI Problems endpoint with

    `type=ising|qubo`. Problems are submitted with QPU-specific annealing parameters and

    return Ising/QUBO answers with energies, occurrences, and sample vectors.

    '
  contact:
    name: D-Wave Quantum Inc.
    url: https://docs.dwavequantum.com/en/quantum_research/index_about.html
servers:
- url: https://cloud.dwavesys.com/sapi/v2
security:
- SapiToken: []
tags:
- name: QPU
paths:
  /problems/:
    post:
      operationId: submitQpuProblem
      summary: Submit QPU Problem
      description: Submit an Ising or QUBO problem to a D-Wave QPU sampler.
      tags:
      - QPU
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/QpuProblemJob'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: QPU problem status (with answer if returned within time limit)
          content:
            application/vnd.dwave.sapi.problems+json;version=3.0.0:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QpuProblemStatus'
components:
  schemas:
    QpuParams:
      type: object
      properties:
        num_reads:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 10000
        annealing_time:
          type: number
          description: Microseconds (e.g. 1-2000).
        chain_strength:
          type: number
        auto_scale:
          type: boolean
        anneal_schedule:
          type: array
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: number
            minItems: 2
            maxItems: 2
          description: Reverse / pause / forward anneal schedule as (time, s) pairs.
        h_gain_schedule:
          type: array
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: number
            minItems: 2
            maxItems: 2
        programming_thermalization:
          type: number
        readout_thermalization:
          type: number
        flux_biases:
          type: array
          items:
            type: number
        reverse_anneal_schedule:
          type: array
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: number
        initial_state:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
            enum:
            - -1
            - 1
        answer_mode:
          type: string
          enum:
          - raw
          - histogram
    QpuProblemJob:
      type: object
      required:
      - solver
      - type
      - data
      properties:
        solver:
          type: string
          example: Advantage_system6.4
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ising
          - qubo
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            format:
              type: string
              enum:
              - qp
            lin:
              type: array
              items:
                type: number
              description: Linear biases on active qubits.
            quad:
              type: array
              items:
                type: number
              description: Quadratic couplings between coupled qubits.
            offset:
              type: number
        params:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/QpuParams'
        label:
          type: string
    QpuAnswer:
      type: object
      properties:
        format:
          type: string
          enum:
          - qp
        active_variables:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
        energies:
          type: array
          items:
            type: number
        num_occurrences:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
        solutions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              type: integer
              enum:
              - -1
              - 1
        timing:
          type: object
          properties:
            qpu_sampling_time:
              type: number
            qpu_anneal_time_per_sample:
              type: number
            qpu_readout_time_per_sample:
              type: number
            qpu_access_time:
              type: number
            qpu_programming_time:
              type: number
            total_post_processing_time:
              type: number
        num_variables:
          type: integer
    QpuProblemStatus:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        solver:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - PENDING
          - IN_PROGRESS
          - COMPLETED
          - FAILED
          - CANCELLED
        submitted_on:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        solved_on:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        answer:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/QpuAnswer'
  securitySchemes:
    SapiToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Auth-Token