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IonQ Sessions API

The Sessions API from IonQ — 4 operation(s) for sessions.

IonQ Sessions API is one of 7 APIs that IonQ publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Sessions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 3 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 5 operations across 4 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v0.4.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.ionq.co/v0.4.

5 operations 4 paths 17 schemas 3 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
v0.4
Base URL
https://api.ionq.co/v0.4
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

IonQ Sessions API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (apiKeyAuth).

  • apiKeyAuth — API keys are associated with a user and can be created on the [IonQ Quantum Cloud](https://cloud.ionq.com) application. To authenticate, prefix your API Key wi…

Paths & Operations 5

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 3 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Sessions 5
POST
/sessions
CreateSession body → 201
GET
/sessions
GetSessions 1 param → 200
POST
/sessions/{session_id}/end
EndSession 1 param → 200
GET
/sessions/{session_id}
GetSession 1 param → 200
GET
/sessions/{session_id}/jobs
GetSessionJobs 9 params → 200

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BaseJob (25 properties), Session (12 properties), SessionSettings (4 properties), SessionSettingsRequest (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SessionSettings
object
4 properties
GetJobsResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
SessionStatusEnum
string
SessionsResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
CreateSessionRequest
object
2 properties 1 required
SessionCostLimit
object
2 properties 2 required
Noise
object
2 properties 1 required
IsoTimestamp
string
CostModel
string
NoiseModel
string
JsonObject
object
Session
object
12 properties 11 required
SessionSettingsRequest
object
3 properties
BaseJob
object
25 properties 22 required
JobStatus
string
Failure
object
2 properties 2 required
JobMetadata
object

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ionq-sessions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs IonQ publishes across the network.

IonQ Quantum Cloud API (v0.3 Legacy)
IonQ backends API
IonQ characterizations API
IonQ Jobs API
IonQ usage API
IonQ whoami API