Cannot load account with Qiskit

Question

I just got started with Qiskit. When I tried to save my account with the API token from IBMQ website, I got the error: warnings.warn('Credentials already present. Set overwrite=True to overwrite.'). Then I set overwrite = True but the warning was still raised and I cannot save the account and connect to the server.

Answer 1

Here's some general info, which will hopefully help you find and fix your issue.

You can try using

print(IBMQ.stored_accounts())

to see what accounts you have stored on disk, and maybe see why they aren't working.

To simultaneously sign into all accounts on this list, use

IBMQ.load_accounts()

To only sign into the first, use

token = IBMQ.stored_accounts()[0]['token']
url = IBMQ.stored_accounts()[0]['url']
IBMQ.enable_account(token,url)

To only sign into the second, replace the [0] above with [1], and so on.

To see which accounts you are currently logged into, use

print(IBMQ.active_accounts())

If you want to start afresh by removing all accounts from disk, use

IBMQ.delete_accounts()

Adding new accounts is then done with

IBMQ.save_account(token,url)

Where token is a string that represents your API token, and

url = 'https://quantumexperience.ng.bluemix.net/api'

for those using the public level access.

Answer 2

James Thanks... your suggestion worked, with only exception that now, over the period, commands are updated, like IBMQ.delete_accounts() changed to IBMQ.delete.account() and so on...

See Account Management section in the below link for version "<0.3/v1" vs ">=0.3/v2" credentials:

https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibmq-provider/#updating-your-ibm-q-experience-credentials