Merge pull request #28 from qBraid/fire_opal_fix

✨ Update IBM backend provider configuration to use environment variables for credentials

qbraid_lab/fire_opal/get-started.ipynb

@@ -315,9 +315,39 @@
     "Note that the code below requires your IBM Quantum API token. Visit [IBM Quantum](https://quantum.ibm.com/) to sign up for an account and [obtain your access credentials](https://docs.quantum-computing.ibm.com/run/account-management)."
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "99cf3b28",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "Add your IBM and Q-CTRL credentials as environment variables."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "f9782358",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "%set_env IBM_TOKEN=YOUR_IBM_TOKEN\n",
+    "%set_env QCTRL_API_KEY=YOUR_QCTRL_API_KEY"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 6,
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "0c83cce7",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "ibm_token = os.getenv(\"IBM_TOKEN\")\n",
+    "api_key = os.getenv(\"QCTRL_API_KEY\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
    "id": "ef17a083",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
@@ -327,15 +357,14 @@
     "hub = \"ibm-q\"\n",
     "group = \"open\"\n",
     "project = \"main\"\n",
-    "token = \"YOUR_IBM_TOKEN\"\n",
-    "credentials = fireopal.credentials.make_credentials_for_ibmq(\n",
-    "    token=token, hub=hub, group=group, project=project\n",
-    ")\n",
+    "fireopal.authenticate_qctrl_account(api_key=api_key)\n",
     "\n",
-    "QiskitRuntimeService.save_account(\n",
-    "    token, instance=hub + \"/\" + group + \"/\" + project, overwrite=True\n",
+    "credentials = fireopal.credentials.make_credentials_for_ibmq(\n",
+    "    token=ibm_token, hub=hub, group=group, project=project\n",
     ")\n",
-    "service = QiskitRuntimeService()"
+    "service = QiskitRuntimeService(\n",
+    "    token=ibm_token, instance=hub + \"/\" + group + \"/\" + project, channel=\"ibm_quantum\"\n",
+    ")"
    ]
   },
   {