Use qiskitrc credentials if default config doesn't exist

qiskit_ibm_runtime/accounts/management.py

@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
 from .exceptions import AccountNotFoundError
 from .account import Account, ChannelType
 from ..proxies import ProxyConfiguration
-from .storage import save_config, read_config, delete_config
+from .storage import save_config, read_config, delete_config, read_qiskitrc
 
 _DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_CONFIG_JSON_FILE = os.path.join(
     os.path.expanduser("~"), ".qiskit", "qiskit-ibm.json"
 )
+_QISKITRC_CONFIG_FILE = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".qiskit", "qiskitrc")
 _DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_NAME = "default"
 _DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_NAME_LEGACY = "default-legacy"
 _DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_NAME_CLOUD = "default-cloud"
@@ -163,6 +164,26 @@ def get(
             if account_name in all_config:
                 return Account.from_saved_format(all_config[account_name])
 
+        if os.path.isfile(_QISKITRC_CONFIG_FILE):
+            qiskitrc_data = read_qiskitrc(_QISKITRC_CONFIG_FILE)
+            save_config(
+                filename=_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_CONFIG_JSON_FILE,
+                name=_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_NAME_IBM_QUANTUM,
+                overwrite=True,
+                config=Account(
+                    token=qiskitrc_data.get("token", None),
+                    url=qiskitrc_data.get("url", None),
+                    instance=qiskitrc_data.get("default_provider", None),
+                    channel="ibm_quantum",
+                )
+                .validate()
+                .to_saved_format(),
+            )
+            default_config = read_config(filename=_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_CONFIG_JSON_FILE)
+            return Account.from_saved_format(
+                default_config[_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_NAME_IBM_QUANTUM]
+            )
+
         raise AccountNotFoundError("Unable to find account.")
 
     @classmethod

qiskit_ibm_runtime/accounts/storage.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 from typing import Optional, Dict
+from configparser import ConfigParser
 from .exceptions import AccountAlreadyExistsError
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -40,6 +41,16 @@ def save_config(filename: str, name: str, config: dict, overwrite: bool) -> None
         json.dump(data, json_out, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
 
 
+def read_qiskitrc(qiskitrc_config_file: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
+    """Read credentials from a qiskitrc config and return as a dictionary."""
+    config_parser = ConfigParser()
+    config_parser.read(qiskitrc_config_file)
+    account_data = {}
+    for name in config_parser.sections():
+        account_data = dict(config_parser.items(name))
+    return account_data
+
+
 def read_config(
     filename: str,
     name: Optional[str] = None,

releasenotes/notes/load-qiskitrc-creds-4aac54737333e248.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    When initializing :class:`~qiskit_ibm_runtime.QiskitRuntimeService`, and there are no
+    accounts found, if a qiskitrc file exists, credentials from this file will be saved 
+    as the ``default-ibm-quantum`` account. 
+
+

test/account.py

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def side_effect(self, filename_):
 
 
 class temporary_account_config_file(ContextDecorator):
-    """Context manager that uses a temporary qiskitrc."""
+    """Context manager that uses a temporary json file."""
 
     # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 
@@ -125,6 +125,29 @@ def __exit__(self, *exc):
         management._DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_CONFIG_JSON_FILE = self.account_config_json_backup
 
 
+class custom_qiskitrc(ContextDecorator):
+    """Context manager that uses a temporary qiskitrc."""
+
+    # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+
+    def __init__(self, contents=b""):
+        # Create a temporary file with the contents.
+        self.tmp_file = NamedTemporaryFile()
+        self.tmp_file.write(contents)
+        self.tmp_file.flush()
+        self.default_qiskitrc_file_original = management._QISKITRC_CONFIG_FILE
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        # Temporarily modify the default location of the qiskitrc file.
+        management._QISKITRC_CONFIG_FILE = self.tmp_file.name
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *exc):
+        # Delete the temporary file and restore the default location.
+        self.tmp_file.close()
+        management._QISKITRC_CONFIG_FILE = self.default_qiskitrc_file_original
+
+
 def get_account_config_contents(
     name=None,
     channel="ibm_cloud",

test/unit/test_account.py

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 from ..account import (
     get_account_config_contents,
     temporary_account_config_file,
+    custom_qiskitrc,
     no_envs,
     custom_envs,
 )
@@ -816,6 +817,22 @@ def test_enable_account_by_name_input_instance(self):
         self.assertTrue(service._account)
         self.assertEqual(service._account.instance, instance)
 
+    def test_enable_account_by_qiskitrc(self):
+        """Test initializing account by a qiskitrc file."""
+        token = "token-x"
+        str_contents = f"""
+        [ibmq] 
+        token = {token}
+        url = https://auth.quantum-computing.ibm.com/api 
+        verify = True
+        default_provider = ibm-q/open/main
+        """
+        with custom_qiskitrc(contents=str.encode(str_contents)):
+            with temporary_account_config_file(contents={}):
+                service = FakeRuntimeService()
+        self.assertTrue(service._account)
+        self.assertEqual(service._account.token, token)
+
     def test_enable_account_by_channel_input_instance(self):
         """Test initializing account by channel and input instance."""
         instance = uuid.uuid4().hex