Remove qiskit.test

qiskit_ibm_runtime/__init__.py

@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 Below is an example of using primitives within a session::
 
     from qiskit_ibm_runtime import QiskitRuntimeService, Session, Sampler, Estimator, Options
-    from qiskit.test.reference_circuits import ReferenceCircuits
     from qiskit.circuit.library import RealAmplitudes
+    from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, QuantumRegister, ClassicalRegister
     from qiskit.quantum_info import SparsePauliOp
 
     # Initialize account.
@@ -49,15 +49,21 @@
     options = Options(optimization_level=3)
 
     # Prepare inputs.
-    bell = ReferenceCircuits.bell()
     psi = RealAmplitudes(num_qubits=2, reps=2)
     H1 = SparsePauliOp.from_list([("II", 1), ("IZ", 2), ("XI", 3)])
     theta = [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5]
+    # Bell Circuit
+    qr = QuantumRegister(2, name="qr")
+    cr = ClassicalRegister(2, name="qc")
+    qc = QuantumCircuit(qr, cr, name="bell")
+    qc.h(qr[0])
+    qc.cx(qr[0], qr[1])
+    qc.measure(qr, cr)
 
     with Session(service=service, backend="ibmq_qasm_simulator") as session:
         # Submit a request to the Sampler primitive within the session.
         sampler = Sampler(session=session, options=options)
-        job = sampler.run(circuits=bell)
+        job = sampler.run(circuits=qc)
         print(f"Sampler results: {job.result()}")
 
         # Submit a request to the Estimator primitive within the session.
@@ -130,17 +136,25 @@
 program by passing in the ``callback`` parameter, or at a later time using
 the :meth:`RuntimeJob.stream_results` method. For example::
 
-    from qiskit.test.reference_circuits import ReferenceCircuits
     from qiskit_ibm_runtime import QiskitRuntimeService, Sampler
+    from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, QuantumRegister, ClassicalRegister
 
     service = QiskitRuntimeService()
     backend = service.backend("ibmq_qasm_simulator")
 
+    # Bell Circuit
+    qr = QuantumRegister(2, name="qr")
+    cr = ClassicalRegister(2, name="qc")
+    qc = QuantumCircuit(qr, cr, name="bell")
+    qc.h(qr[0])
+    qc.cx(qr[0], qr[1])
+    qc.measure(qr, cr)
+
     def result_callback(job_id, result):
         print(result)
 
     # Stream results as soon as the job starts running.
-    job = Sampler(backend).run(ReferenceCircuits.bell(), callback=result_callback)
+    job = Sampler(backend).run(qc, callback=result_callback)
     print(job.result())
 
 

qiskit_ibm_runtime/qiskit_runtime_service.py

@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ class QiskitRuntimeService(Provider):
     A sample workflow of using the runtime service::
 
         from qiskit_ibm_runtime import QiskitRuntimeService, Session, Sampler, Estimator, Options
-        from qiskit.test.reference_circuits import ReferenceCircuits
         from qiskit.circuit.library import RealAmplitudes
+        from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, QuantumRegister, ClassicalRegister
         from qiskit.quantum_info import SparsePauliOp
 
         # Initialize account.
@@ -82,15 +82,22 @@ class QiskitRuntimeService(Provider):
         options = Options(optimization_level=1)
 
         # Prepare inputs.
-        bell = ReferenceCircuits.bell()
         psi = RealAmplitudes(num_qubits=2, reps=2)
         H1 = SparsePauliOp.from_list([("II", 1), ("IZ", 2), ("XI", 3)])
         theta = [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5]
 
+        # Bell Circuit
+        qr = QuantumRegister(2, name="qr")
+        cr = ClassicalRegister(2, name="qc")
+        qc = QuantumCircuit(qr, cr, name="bell")
+        qc.h(qr[0])
+        qc.cx(qr[0], qr[1])
+        qc.measure(qr, cr)
+
         with Session(service=service, backend="ibmq_qasm_simulator") as session:
             # Submit a request to the Sampler primitive within the session.
             sampler = Sampler(session=session, options=options)
-            job = sampler.run(circuits=bell)
+            job = sampler.run(circuits=qc)
             print(f"Sampler results: {job.result()}")
 
             # Submit a request to the Estimator primitive within the session.

qiskit_ibm_runtime/sampler.py

@@ -46,16 +46,23 @@ class Sampler(BasePrimitive, BaseSampler):
 
     Example::
 
-        from qiskit.test.reference_circuits import ReferenceCircuits
+        from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, QuantumRegister, ClassicalRegister
         from qiskit_ibm_runtime import QiskitRuntimeService, Session, Sampler
 
         service = QiskitRuntimeService(channel="ibm_cloud")
-        bell = ReferenceCircuits.bell()
+
+        # Bell Circuit
+        qr = QuantumRegister(2, name="qr")
+        cr = ClassicalRegister(2, name="qc")
+        qc = QuantumCircuit(qr, cr, name="bell")
+        qc.h(qr[0])
+        qc.cx(qr[0], qr[1])
+        qc.measure(qr, cr)
 
         with Session(service, backend="ibmq_qasm_simulator") as session:
             sampler = Sampler(session=session)
 
-            job = sampler.run(bell, shots=1024)
+            job = sampler.run(qc, shots=1024)
             print(f"Job ID: {job.job_id()}")
             print(f"Job result: {job.result()}")
 

qiskit_ibm_runtime/session.py

@@ -53,14 +53,22 @@ class Session:
 
     For example::
 
-        from qiskit.test.reference_circuits import ReferenceCircuits
+        from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, QuantumRegister, ClassicalRegister
         from qiskit_ibm_runtime import Sampler, Session, Options
 
+        # Bell Circuit
+        qr = QuantumRegister(2, name="qr")
+        cr = ClassicalRegister(2, name="qc")
+        qc = QuantumCircuit(qr, cr, name="bell")
+        qc.h(qr[0])
+        qc.cx(qr[0], qr[1])
+        qc.measure(qr, cr)
+
         options = Options(optimization_level=3)
 
         with Session(backend="ibmq_qasm_simulator") as session:
             sampler = Sampler(session=session, options=options)
-            job = sampler.run(ReferenceCircuits.bell())
+            job = sampler.run(qc)
             print(f"Sampler job ID: {job.job_id()}")
             print(f"Sampler job result: {job.result()}")
 

test/ibm_test_case.py

@@ -16,21 +16,20 @@
 import logging
 import inspect
 import warnings
+from unittest import TestCase
+from unittest.util import safe_repr
 from contextlib import suppress
 from collections import defaultdict
 from typing import DefaultDict, Dict
 
-from qiskit.test.reference_circuits import ReferenceCircuits
-from qiskit.test.base import BaseQiskitTestCase
-
 from qiskit_ibm_runtime import QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_LOGGER_NAME
 from qiskit_ibm_runtime import QiskitRuntimeService, Sampler, Options
 
-from .utils import setup_test_logging
+from .utils import setup_test_logging, bell
 from .decorators import IntegrationTestDependencies, integration_test_setup
 
 
-class IBMTestCase(BaseQiskitTestCase):
+class IBMTestCase(TestCase):
     """Custom TestCase for use with qiskit-ibm-runtime."""
 
     log: logging.Logger
@@ -69,6 +68,97 @@ def _set_logging_level(cls, logger: logging.Logger) -> None:
             logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
             logger.propagate = False
 
+    def assert_dict_almost_equal(
+        self, dict1, dict2, delta=None, msg=None, places=None, default_value=0
+    ):
+        """Assert two dictionaries with numeric values are almost equal.
+
+        Fail if the two dictionaries are unequal as determined by
+        comparing that the difference between values with the same key are
+        not greater than delta (default 1e-8), or that difference rounded
+        to the given number of decimal places is not zero. If a key in one
+        dictionary is not in the other the default_value keyword argument
+        will be used for the missing value (default 0). If the two objects
+        compare equal then they will automatically compare almost equal.
+
+        Args:
+            dict1 (dict): a dictionary.
+            dict2 (dict): a dictionary.
+            delta (number): threshold for comparison (defaults to 1e-8).
+            msg (str): return a custom message on failure.
+            places (int): number of decimal places for comparison.
+            default_value (number): default value for missing keys.
+
+        Raises:
+            TypeError: if the arguments are not valid (both `delta` and
+                `places` are specified).
+            AssertionError: if the dictionaries are not almost equal.
+        """
+
+        error_msg = self.dicts_almost_equal(dict1, dict2, delta, places, default_value)
+
+        if error_msg:
+            msg = self._formatMessage(msg, error_msg)
+            raise self.failureException(msg)
+
+    def dicts_almost_equal(self, dict1, dict2, delta=None, places=None, default_value=0):
+        """Test if two dictionaries with numeric values are almost equal.
+
+        Fail if the two dictionaries are unequal as determined by
+        comparing that the difference between values with the same key are
+        not greater than delta (default 1e-8), or that difference rounded
+        to the given number of decimal places is not zero. If a key in one
+        dictionary is not in the other the default_value keyword argument
+        will be used for the missing value (default 0). If the two objects
+        compare equal then they will automatically compare almost equal.
+
+        Args:
+            dict1 (dict): a dictionary.
+            dict2 (dict): a dictionary.
+            delta (number): threshold for comparison (defaults to 1e-8).
+            places (int): number of decimal places for comparison.
+            default_value (number): default value for missing keys.
+
+        Raises:
+            TypeError: if the arguments are not valid (both `delta` and
+                `places` are specified).
+
+        Returns:
+            String: Empty string if dictionaries are almost equal. A description
+                of their difference if they are deemed not almost equal.
+        """
+
+        def valid_comparison(value):
+            """compare value to delta, within places accuracy"""
+            if places is not None:
+                return round(value, places) == 0
+            else:
+                return value < delta
+
+        # Check arguments.
+        if dict1 == dict2:
+            return ""
+        if places is not None:
+            if delta is not None:
+                raise TypeError("specify delta or places not both")
+            msg_suffix = " within %s places" % places
+        else:
+            delta = delta or 1e-8
+            msg_suffix = " within %s delta" % delta
+
+        # Compare all keys in both dicts, populating error_msg.
+        error_msg = ""
+        for key in set(dict1.keys()) | set(dict2.keys()):
+            val1 = dict1.get(key, default_value)
+            val2 = dict2.get(key, default_value)
+            if not valid_comparison(abs(val1 - val2)):
+                error_msg += f"({safe_repr(key)}: {safe_repr(val1)} != {safe_repr(val2)}), "
+
+        if error_msg:
+            return error_msg[:-2] + msg_suffix
+        else:
+            return ""
+
 
 class IBMIntegrationTestCase(IBMTestCase):
     """Custom integration test case for use with qiskit-ibm-runtime."""
@@ -163,7 +253,7 @@ def _run_program(
             if inputs is not None
             else {
                 "interim_results": interim_results or {},
-                "circuits": circuits or ReferenceCircuits.bell(),
+                "circuits": circuits or bell(),
             }
         )
         pid = program_id or self.program_ids[service.channel]
@@ -184,7 +274,7 @@ def _run_program(
             if max_execution_time:
                 options.max_execution_time = max_execution_time
             sampler = Sampler(backend=backend, options=options)
-            job = sampler.run(circuits or ReferenceCircuits.bell(), callback=callback)
+            job = sampler.run(circuits or bell(), callback=callback)
         else:
             job = service.run(
                 program_id=pid,

test/integration/test_backend.py

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 from qiskit.transpiler.target import Target
 from qiskit import QuantumCircuit
 from qiskit.providers.exceptions import QiskitBackendNotFoundError
-from qiskit.test.reference_circuits import ReferenceCircuits
 
 from qiskit_ibm_provider.ibm_qubit_properties import IBMQubitProperties
 from qiskit_ibm_provider.exceptions import IBMBackendValueError
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@
 
 from ..ibm_test_case import IBMIntegrationTestCase
 from ..decorators import run_integration_test, production_only, quantum_only
+from ..utils import bell
 
 
 class TestIntegrationBackend(IBMIntegrationTestCase):
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def test_sim_backend_options(self):
         backend = self.service.backend("ibmq_qasm_simulator")
         backend.options.shots = 2048
         backend.set_options(memory=True)
-        inputs = backend.run(ReferenceCircuits.bell(), shots=1, foo="foo").inputs
+        inputs = backend.run(bell(), shots=1, foo="foo").inputs
         self.assertEqual(inputs["shots"], 1)
         self.assertTrue(inputs["memory"])
         self.assertEqual(inputs["foo"], "foo")
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def test_paused_backend_warning(self):
         paused_status.status_msg = "internal"
         backend.status = mock.MagicMock(return_value=paused_status)
         with self.assertWarns(Warning):
-            backend.run(ReferenceCircuits.bell())
+            backend.run(bell())
 
     def test_backend_wrong_instance(self):
         """Test that an error is raised when retrieving a backend not in the instance."""