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---
title: GradientBase (v0.31)
description: API reference for qiskit.opflow.gradients.GradientBase in qiskit v0.31
in_page_toc_min_heading_level: 1
python_api_type: class
python_api_name: qiskit.opflow.gradients.GradientBase
---
# GradientBase
<Class id="qiskit.opflow.gradients.GradientBase" isDedicatedPage={true} github="https://github.com/qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/0.18/qiskit/opflow/gradients/gradient_base.py" signature="GradientBase(grad_method='param_shift', **kwargs)" modifiers="class">
Bases: `qiskit.opflow.gradients.derivative_base.DerivativeBase`
Base class for first-order operator gradient.
Convert an operator expression to the first-order gradient.
**Parameters**
* **grad\_method** (`Union`\[`str`, `CircuitGradient`]) The method used to compute the state/probability gradient. Can be either `'param_shift'` or `'lin_comb'` or `'fin_diff'`. Ignored for gradients w\.r.t observable parameters.
* **kwargs** (*dict*) Optional parameters for a CircuitGradient
**Raises**
**ValueError** If method != `fin_diff` and `epsilon` is not None.
## Attributes
### grad\_method
<Attribute id="qiskit.opflow.gradients.GradientBase.grad_method">
Returns `CircuitGradient`.
**Return type**
`CircuitGradient`
**Returns**
`CircuitGradient`.
</Attribute>
</Class>