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---
title: QasmSimulatorPy
description: API reference for qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy
in_page_toc_min_heading_level: 1
python_api_type: class
python_api_name: qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy
---
# QasmSimulatorPy
<Class id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy" isDedicatedPage={true} github="https://github.com/qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/0.46/qiskit/providers/basicaer/qasm_simulator.py" signature="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy(configuration=None, provider=None, **fields)" modifiers="class">
Bases: [`BackendV1`](qiskit.providers.BackendV1 "qiskit.providers.backend.BackendV1")
Python implementation of an OpenQASM 2 simulator.
<Admonition title="Deprecated since version 0.46.0" type="danger">
The class `qiskit.providers.basicaer.qasm_simulator.QasmSimulatorPy` is deprecated as of qiskit 0.46.0. It will be removed in Qiskit 1.0.0. The qiskit.providers.basicaer module has been superseded by qiskit.providers.basic\_provider. Use the new qiskit.providers.basic\_provider.BasicSimulator class instead.
</Admonition>
## Attributes
### DEFAULT\_CONFIGURATION
<Attribute id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.DEFAULT_CONFIGURATION" attributeValue="{'backend_name': 'qasm_simulator', 'backend_version': '2.1.0', 'basis_gates': ['h', 'u', 'p', 'u1', 'u2', 'u3', 'rz', 'sx', 'x', 'cx', 'id', 'unitary'], 'conditional': True, 'coupling_map': None, 'description': 'A python simulator for qasm experiments', 'gates': [{'name': 'h', 'parameters': [], 'qasm_def': 'gate h q { U(pi/2,0,pi) q; }'}, {'name': 'p', 'parameters': ['lambda'], 'qasm_def': 'gate p(lambda) q { U(0,0,lambda) q; }'}, {'name': 'u', 'parameters': ['theta', 'phi', 'lambda'], 'qasm_def': 'gate u(theta,phi,lambda) q { U(theta,phi,lambda) q; }'}, {'name': 'u1', 'parameters': ['lambda'], 'qasm_def': 'gate u1(lambda) q { U(0,0,lambda) q; }'}, {'name': 'u2', 'parameters': ['phi', 'lambda'], 'qasm_def': 'gate u2(phi,lambda) q { U(pi/2,phi,lambda) q; }'}, {'name': 'u3', 'parameters': ['theta', 'phi', 'lambda'], 'qasm_def': 'gate u3(theta,phi,lambda) q { U(theta,phi,lambda) q; }'}, {'name': 'rz', 'parameters': ['phi'], 'qasm_def': 'gate rz(phi) q { U(0,0,phi) q; }'}, {'name': 'sx', 'parameters': [], 'qasm_def': 'gate sx(phi) q { U(pi/2,7*pi/2,pi/2) q; }'}, {'name': 'x', 'parameters': [], 'qasm_def': 'gate x q { U(pi,7*pi/2,pi/2) q; }'}, {'name': 'cx', 'parameters': [], 'qasm_def': 'gate cx c,t { CX c,t; }'}, {'name': 'id', 'parameters': [], 'qasm_def': 'gate id a { U(0,0,0) a; }'}, {'name': 'unitary', 'parameters': ['matrix'], 'qasm_def': 'unitary(matrix) q1, q2,...'}], 'local': True, 'max_shots': 0, 'memory': True, 'n_qubits': 24, 'open_pulse': False, 'simulator': True, 'url': 'https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-terra'}" />
### DEFAULT\_OPTIONS
<Attribute id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.DEFAULT_OPTIONS" attributeValue="{'chop_threshold': 1e-15, 'initial_statevector': None}" />
### MAX\_QUBITS\_MEMORY
<Attribute id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.MAX_QUBITS_MEMORY" attributeValue="29" />
### SHOW\_FINAL\_STATE
<Attribute id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.SHOW_FINAL_STATE" attributeValue="False" />
### options
<Attribute id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.options">
Return the options for the backend
The options of a backend are the dynamic parameters defining how the backend is used. These are used to control the [`run()`](#qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.run "qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.run") method.
</Attribute>
### version
<Attribute id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.version" attributeValue="1" />
## Methods
### configuration
<Function id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.configuration" signature="configuration()">
Return the backend configuration.
**Returns**
the configuration for the backend.
**Return type**
[BackendConfiguration](qiskit.providers.models.BackendConfiguration "qiskit.providers.models.BackendConfiguration")
</Function>
### name
<Function id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.name" signature="name()">
Return the backend name.
**Returns**
the name of the backend.
**Return type**
[str](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str "(in Python v3.12)")
</Function>
### properties
<Function id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.properties" signature="properties()">
Return the backend properties.
**Returns**
the configuration for the backend. If the backend does not support properties, it returns `None`.
**Return type**
[BackendProperties](qiskit.providers.models.BackendProperties "qiskit.providers.models.BackendProperties")
</Function>
### provider
<Function id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.provider" signature="provider()">
Return the backend Provider.
**Returns**
the Provider responsible for the backend.
**Return type**
[Provider](qiskit.providers.Provider "qiskit.providers.Provider")
</Function>
### run
<Function id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.run" signature="run(run_input, **backend_options)">
Run on the backend.
**Parameters**
* **run\_input** ([*QuantumCircuit*](qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit "qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit") *or*[*list*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list "(in Python v3.12)")) payload of the experiment
* **backend\_options** ([*dict*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict "(in Python v3.12)")) backend options
**Returns**
derived from BaseJob
**Return type**
[BasicAerJob](qiskit.providers.basicaer.BasicAerJob "qiskit.providers.basicaer.BasicAerJob")
**Additional Information:**
**backend\_options: Is a dict of options for the backend. It may contain**
* “initial\_statevector”: vector\_like
The “initial\_statevector” option specifies a custom initial initial statevector for the simulator to be used instead of the all zero state. This size of this vector must be correct for the number of qubits in `run_input` parameter.
Example:
```python
backend_options = {
"initial_statevector": np.array([1, 0, 0, 1j]) / np.sqrt(2),
}
```
</Function>
### run\_experiment
<Function id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.run_experiment" signature="run_experiment(experiment)">
Run an experiment (circuit) and return a single experiment result.
**Parameters**
**experiment** ([*QasmQobjExperiment*](qiskit.qobj.QasmQobjExperiment "qiskit.qobj.QasmQobjExperiment")) experiment from qobj experiments list
**Returns**
A result dictionary which looks something like:
```python
{
"name": name of this experiment (obtained from qobj.experiment header)
"seed": random seed used for simulation
"shots": number of shots used in the simulation
"data":
{
"counts": {'0x9: 5, ...},
"memory": ['0x9', '0xF', '0x1D', ..., '0x9']
},
"status": status string for the simulation
"success": boolean
"time_taken": simulation time of this single experiment
}
```
**Return type**
[dict](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict "(in Python v3.12)")
**Raises**
[**BasicAerError**](qiskit.providers.basicaer.BasicAerError "qiskit.providers.basicaer.BasicAerError") if an error occurred.
</Function>
### set\_options
<Function id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.set_options" signature="set_options(**fields)">
Set the options fields for the backend
This method is used to update the options of a backend. If you need to change any of the options prior to running just pass in the kwarg with the new value for the options.
**Parameters**
**fields** The fields to update the options
**Raises**
[**AttributeError**](https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#AttributeError "(in Python v3.12)") If the field passed in is not part of the options
</Function>
### status
<Function id="qiskit.providers.basicaer.QasmSimulatorPy.status" signature="status()">
Return the backend status.
**Returns**
the status of the backend.
**Return type**
[BackendStatus](qiskit.providers.models.BackendStatus "qiskit.providers.models.BackendStatus")
</Function>
</Class>