Relativize API links to docs.quantum.ibm.com (#870)

Closes #493. This change
makes our link checker work better because it can quickly validate the
relative links and also validate anchors, whereas external links are
much slower.

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Co-authored-by: Arnau Casau <[email protected]>

docs/api/qiskit-ibm-provider/0.9/_toc.json

@@ -211,4 +211,3 @@
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   "collapsed": true
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docs/api/qiskit-ibm-provider/0.9/qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ python_api_name: qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend
 
 Backend class interfacing with an IBM Quantum device.
 
-You can run experiments on a backend using the [`run()`](#qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.run "qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.run") method. The [`run()`](#qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.run "qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.run") method takes one or more [`QuantumCircuit`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit "(in Qiskit v0.46)") and returns an `IBMJob` instance that represents the submitted job. Each job has a unique job ID, which can later be used to retrieve the job. An example of this flow:
+You can run experiments on a backend using the [`run()`](#qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.run "qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.run") method. The [`run()`](#qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.run "qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.run") method takes one or more [`QuantumCircuit`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit "(in Qiskit v0.46)") and returns an `IBMJob` instance that represents the submitted job. Each job has a unique job ID, which can later be used to retrieve the job. An example of this flow:
 
 ```python
 from qiskit import transpile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ retrieved_job = provider.backend.retrieve_job(job.job_id())
   *   You should not instantiate the `IBMBackend` class directly. Instead, use the methods provided by an [`IBMProvider`](qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMProvider "qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMProvider") instance to retrieve and handle backends.
 </Admonition>
 
-Other methods return information about the backend. For example, the [`status()`](#qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.status "qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.status") method returns a [`BackendStatus`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.BackendStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)") instance. The instance contains the `operational` and `pending_jobs` attributes, which state whether the backend is operational and also the number of jobs in the server queue for the backend, respectively:
+Other methods return information about the backend. For example, the [`status()`](#qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.status "qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.status") method returns a [`BackendStatus`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.BackendStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)") instance. The instance contains the `operational` and `pending_jobs` attributes, which state whether the backend is operational and also the number of jobs in the server queue for the backend, respectively:
 
 ```python
 status = backend.status()
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs_in_queue = status.pending_jobs
 
 *   num\_qubits: number of qubits.
 
-*   target: A [`qiskit.transpiler.Target`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.Target "(in Qiskit v0.46)") object for the backend.
+*   target: A [`qiskit.transpiler.Target`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.Target "(in Qiskit v0.46)") object for the backend.
 
 *   basis\_gates: list of basis gates names on the backend.
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ IBMBackend constructor.
 
 **Parameters**
 
-*   **configuration** (`Union`\[[`QasmBackendConfiguration`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.QasmBackendConfiguration "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), [`PulseBackendConfiguration`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.PulseBackendConfiguration "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]) – Backend configuration.
+*   **configuration** (`Union`\[[`QasmBackendConfiguration`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.QasmBackendConfiguration "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), [`PulseBackendConfiguration`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.PulseBackendConfiguration "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]) – Backend configuration.
 *   **provider** ([`IBMProvider`](qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMProvider "qiskit_ibm_provider.ibm_provider.IBMProvider")) – IBM Quantum account provider.
 *   **api\_client** (`AccountClient`) – IBM Quantum client used to communicate with the server.
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ IBMBackend constructor.
 
 ### coupling\_map
 
-Return the [`CouplingMap`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.CouplingMap "(in Qiskit v0.46)") object
+Return the [`CouplingMap`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.CouplingMap "(in Qiskit v0.46)") object
 
 <span id="qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.dt" />
 
@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ Return the system time resolution of output signals :returns: The output signal
 
 ### instruction\_durations
 
-Return the [`InstructionDurations`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.InstructionDurations "(in Qiskit v0.46)") object.
+Return the [`InstructionDurations`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.InstructionDurations "(in Qiskit v0.46)") object.
 
 <span id="qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.instruction_schedule_map" />
 
 ### instruction\_schedule\_map
 
-Return the [`InstructionScheduleMap`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.pulse.InstructionScheduleMap "(in Qiskit v0.46)") for the instructions defined in this backend’s target.
+Return the [`InstructionScheduleMap`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.pulse.InstructionScheduleMap "(in Qiskit v0.46)") for the instructions defined in this backend’s target.
 
 <span id="qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.instructions" />
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ A list of Instruction tuples on the backend of the form `(instruction, (qubits)`
 
 **Return type**
 
-`List`\[`Tuple`\[[`Instruction`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.Instruction "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), `Tuple`\[`int`]]]
+`List`\[`Tuple`\[[`Instruction`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.Instruction "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), `Tuple`\[`int`]]]
 
 <span id="qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.max_circuits" />
 
@@ -246,11 +246,11 @@ A list of instruction names that the backend supports.
 
 ### operations
 
-A list of [`Instruction`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.Instruction "(in Qiskit v0.46)") instances that the backend supports.
+A list of [`Instruction`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.Instruction "(in Qiskit v0.46)") instances that the backend supports.
 
 **Return type**
 
-`List`\[[`Instruction`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.Instruction "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]
+`List`\[[`Instruction`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.Instruction "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]
 
 <span id="qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.options" />
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ Return session
 
 ### target
 
-A [`qiskit.transpiler.Target`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.Target "(in Qiskit v0.46)") object for the backend. :rtype: [`Target`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.Target "(in Qiskit v0.46)") :returns: Target
+A [`qiskit.transpiler.Target`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.Target "(in Qiskit v0.46)") object for the backend. :rtype: [`Target`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.Target "(in Qiskit v0.46)") :returns: Target
 
 <span id="qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackend.version" />
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ The schema for backend configuration can be found in [Qiskit/ibm-quantum-schemas
 
 **Return type**
 
-`Union`\[[`QasmBackendConfiguration`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.QasmBackendConfiguration "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), [`PulseBackendConfiguration`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.PulseBackendConfiguration "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]
+`Union`\[[`QasmBackendConfiguration`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.QasmBackendConfiguration "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), [`PulseBackendConfiguration`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.PulseBackendConfiguration "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]
 
 **Returns**
 
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ The schema for default pulse configuration can be found in [Qiskit/ibm-quantum-s
 
 **Return type**
 
-`Optional`\[[`PulseDefaults`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.PulseDefaults "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]
+`Optional`\[[`PulseDefaults`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.PulseDefaults "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]
 
 **Returns**
 
@@ -497,11 +497,11 @@ The schema for backend properties can be found in [Qiskit/ibm-quantum-schemas](h
 **Parameters**
 
 *   **refresh** (`bool`) – If `True`, re-query the server for the backend properties. Otherwise, return a cached version.
-*   **datetime** (`Optional`\[`datetime`]) – By specifying datetime, this function returns an instance of the [`BackendProperties`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.BackendProperties "(in Qiskit v0.46)") whose timestamp is closest to, but older than, the specified datetime.
+*   **datetime** (`Optional`\[`datetime`]) – By specifying datetime, this function returns an instance of the [`BackendProperties`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.BackendProperties "(in Qiskit v0.46)") whose timestamp is closest to, but older than, the specified datetime.
 
 **Return type**
 
-`Optional`\[[`BackendProperties`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.BackendProperties "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]
+`Optional`\[[`BackendProperties`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.BackendProperties "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]
 
 **Returns**
 
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ If there are no defined or the backend doesn’t support querying these details
 
 **Return type**
 
-`Union`\[[`QubitProperties`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.QubitProperties "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), `List`\[[`QubitProperties`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.QubitProperties "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]]
+`Union`\[[`QubitProperties`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.QubitProperties "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), `List`\[[`QubitProperties`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.QubitProperties "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]]
 
 **Returns**
 
@@ -547,13 +547,13 @@ Run on the backend. If a keyword specified here is also present in the `options`
 
 **Parameters**
 
-*   **circuits** (`Union`\[[`QuantumCircuit`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), `str`, `List`\[`Union`\[[`QuantumCircuit`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), `str`]]]) – An individual or a list of `QuantumCircuit`.
+*   **circuits** (`Union`\[[`QuantumCircuit`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), `str`, `List`\[`Union`\[[`QuantumCircuit`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), `str`]]]) – An individual or a list of `QuantumCircuit`.
 
 *   **dynamic** (`Optional`\[`bool`]) – Whether the circuit is dynamic (uses in-circuit conditionals)
 
 *   **job\_tags** (`Optional`\[`List`\[`str`]]) – Tags to be assigned to the job. The tags can subsequently be used as a filter in the `jobs()` function call.
 
-*   **init\_circuit** (`Optional`\[[`QuantumCircuit`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]) – A quantum circuit to execute for initializing qubits before each circuit. If specified, `init_num_resets` is ignored. Applicable only if `dynamic=True` is specified.
+*   **init\_circuit** (`Optional`\[[`QuantumCircuit`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]) – A quantum circuit to execute for initializing qubits before each circuit. If specified, `init_num_resets` is ignored. Applicable only if `dynamic=True` is specified.
 
 *   **init\_num\_resets** (`Optional`\[`int`]) – The number of qubit resets to insert before each circuit execution.
 
@@ -639,12 +639,12 @@ This method is used to update the options of a backend. If you need to change an
 Return the backend status.
 
 <Admonition title="Note" type="note">
-  If the returned [`BackendStatus`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.BackendStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)") instance has `operational=True` but `status_msg="internal"`, then the backend is accepting jobs but not processing them.
+  If the returned [`BackendStatus`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.BackendStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)") instance has `operational=True` but `status_msg="internal"`, then the backend is accepting jobs but not processing them.
 </Admonition>
 
 **Return type**
 
-[`BackendStatus`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.BackendStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)")
+[`BackendStatus`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.BackendStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)")
 
 **Returns**
 
@@ -660,5 +660,5 @@ The status of the backend.
 
 `target_history(datetime=None)`
 
-A [`qiskit.transpiler.Target`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.Target "(in Qiskit v0.46)") object for the backend. :rtype: [`Target`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.Target "(in Qiskit v0.46)") :returns: Target with properties found on datetime
+A [`qiskit.transpiler.Target`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.Target "(in Qiskit v0.46)") object for the backend. :rtype: [`Target`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.transpiler.Target "(in Qiskit v0.46)") :returns: Target with properties found on datetime
 

docs/api/qiskit-ibm-provider/0.9/qiskit_ibm_provider.IBMBackendService.md

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Retrieve jobs that match the given filters and paginate the results if desired.
 *   **limit** (`Optional`\[`int`]) – Number of jobs to retrieve. `None` means no limit. Note that the number of sub-jobs within a composite job count towards the limit.
 *   **skip** (`int`) – Starting index for the job retrieval.
 *   **backend\_name** (`Optional`\[`str`]) – Name of the backend to retrieve jobs from.
-*   **status** (`Union`\[`Literal`\[‘pending’, ‘completed’], `List`\[`Union`\[[`JobStatus`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.JobStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), `str`]], [`JobStatus`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.JobStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), `str`, `None`]) – Filter jobs with either “pending” or “completed” status. You can also specify by
+*   **status** (`Union`\[`Literal`\[‘pending’, ‘completed’], `List`\[`Union`\[[`JobStatus`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.JobStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), `str`]], [`JobStatus`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.JobStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)"), `str`, `None`]) – Filter jobs with either “pending” or “completed” status. You can also specify by
 *   **example** (*exact status. For*) – or status=\[“RUNNING”, “ERROR”].
 *   **status="RUNNING"** (*status=JobStatus.RUNNING or*) – or status=\[“RUNNING”, “ERROR”].
 *   **start\_datetime** (`Optional`\[`datetime`]) – Filter by the given start date, in local time. This is used to find jobs whose creation dates are after (greater than or equal to) this local date/time.

docs/api/qiskit-ibm-provider/0.9/qiskit_ibm_provider.job.IBMCircuitJob.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Representation of a job that executes on an IBM Quantum backend.
 
 The job may be executed on a simulator or a real device. A new `IBMCircuitJob` instance is returned when you call `IBMBackend.run()` to submit a job to a particular backend.
 
-If the job is successfully submitted, you can inspect the job’s status by calling [`status()`](#qiskit_ibm_provider.job.IBMCircuitJob.status "qiskit_ibm_provider.job.IBMCircuitJob.status"). Job status can be one of the [`JobStatus`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.JobStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)") members. For example:
+If the job is successfully submitted, you can inspect the job’s status by calling [`status()`](#qiskit_ibm_provider.job.IBMCircuitJob.status "qiskit_ibm_provider.job.IBMCircuitJob.status"). Job status can be one of the [`JobStatus`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.JobStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)") members. For example:
 
 ```python
 from qiskit.providers.jobstatus import JobStatus
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Return the backend where this job was executed.
 
 **Return type**
 
-[`Backend`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.Backend "(in Qiskit v0.46)")
+[`Backend`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.Backend "(in Qiskit v0.46)")
 
 ### backend\_options
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ Return the circuits for this job.
 
 **Return type**
 
-`List`\[[`QuantumCircuit`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]
+`List`\[[`QuantumCircuit`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]
 
 **Returns**
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Return the backend properties for this job.
 
 **Return type**
 
-`Optional`\[[`BackendProperties`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.BackendProperties "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]
+`Optional`\[[`BackendProperties`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.models.BackendProperties "(in Qiskit v0.46)")]
 
 **Returns**
 
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ Return the result of the job.
 </Admonition>
 
 <Admonition title="Note" type="note">
-  When partial=True, this method will attempt to retrieve partial results of failed jobs. In this case, precaution should be taken when accessing individual experiments, as doing so might cause an exception. The `success` attribute of the returned [`Result`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.result.Result "(in Qiskit v0.46)") instance can be used to verify whether it contains partial results.
+  When partial=True, this method will attempt to retrieve partial results of failed jobs. In this case, precaution should be taken when accessing individual experiments, as doing so might cause an exception. The `success` attribute of the returned [`Result`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.result.Result "(in Qiskit v0.46)") instance can be used to verify whether it contains partial results.
 
   For example, if one of the experiments in the job failed, trying to get the counts of the unsuccessful experiment would raise an exception since there are no counts to return:
 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ If the job failed, you can use [`error_message()`](#qiskit_ibm_provider.job.IBMC
 
 **Return type**
 
-[`Result`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.result.Result "(in Qiskit v0.46)")
+[`Result`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.result.Result "(in Qiskit v0.46)")
 
 **Returns**
 
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ Query the server for the latest job status.
 
 **Return type**
 
-[`JobStatus`](https://docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.JobStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)")
+[`JobStatus`](/api/qiskit/qiskit.providers.JobStatus "(in Qiskit v0.46)")
 
 **Returns**