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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# This code is part of Qiskit.
+#
+# (C) Copyright IBM 2017, 2019.
+#
+# This code is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. You may
+# obtain a copy of this license in the LICENSE.txt file in the root directory
+# of this source tree or at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+#
+# Any modifications or derivative works of this code must retain this
+# copyright notice, and modified files need to carry a notice indicating
+# that they have been altered from the originals.
+
+"""Schemas for root."""
+
+from marshmallow.validate import OneOf
+from qiskit.providers import JobStatus
+from qiskit.providers.models.backendconfiguration import BackendConfigurationSchema
+from qiskit.providers.ibmq.apiconstants import ApiJobKind
+from qiskit.validation import BaseSchema
+from qiskit.validation.fields import String, Dict, Nested, Boolean, List, Number
+
+
+# Helper schemas.
+
+class ProjectResponseSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Nested schema for ProjectsResponseSchema"""
+
+    # Required properties.
+    isDefault = Boolean(required=True)
+
+
+class ProjectsResponseSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Nested schema for GroupResponseSchema"""
+
+    # Required properties.
+    project_name = String(required=True)
+    project = Nested(ProjectResponseSchema, required=True)
+
+
+class GroupResponseSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Nested schema for GroupsResponseSchema"""
+
+    # Required properties.
+    projects = Dict(Nested(ProjectsResponseSchema), required=True)
+
+
+class GroupsResponseSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Nested schema for HubsResponseSchema"""
+
+    # Required properties.
+    group_name = String(required=True)
+    group = Nested(GroupResponseSchema, required=True)
+
+
+class CircuitErrorResponseSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Nested schema for CircuitResponseSchema"""
+
+    # Required properties
+    code = String(required=True, validate=OneOf(['GENERIC_ERROR', 'HUB_NOT_FOUND']))
+
+
+class BackendRequestSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Nested schema for JobsRequestSchema"""
+
+    # Required properties
+    name = String(required=True, description="the name of the backend.")
+
+
+class JobsStatusFilterQueryParamRequestSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Nested schema for JobsStatusRequestSchema"""
+
+    # Optional properties
+    where = Dict(attribute="extra_filter", required=False,
+                 description="additional filtering passed to the query.")
+
+    # Required properties
+    order = String(required=True, default="creationDate DESC")
+    limit = Number(required=True, description="maximum number of items to return.")
+    skip = Number(required=True, description="offset for the items to return.")
+
+
+# Endpoint schemas.
+
+class HubsResponseSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Schema for HubsResponse"""
+    pass
+
+    # pylint: disable=pointless-string-statement
+    """ Commented out until https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-terra/issues/3021 is addressed
+    # Required properties.
+    name = String(required=True)
+    groups = Dict(Nested(GroupsResponseSchema), required=True)
+    """
+
+
+class CircuitRequestSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Schema for CircuitRequest"""
+
+    # Required properties
+    name = String(required=True, description="name of the Circuit.")
+    params = Dict(required=True, description="arguments for the Circuit.")
+
+
+class CircuitResponseSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Schema for CircuitResponse"""
+    # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+
+    # Optional properties
+    error = Dict(Nested(CircuitErrorResponseSchema), required=False)
+
+    # Required properties
+    id = String(required=True, description="the job ID of an already submitted job.")
+    creationDate = String(required=True, description="when the job was run.")
+    status = String(required=True, description="`status` field directly from the API response.")
+
+
+class BackendsResponseSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Schema for BackendResponse"""
+
+    # Required properties
+    backends = List(Nested(BackendConfigurationSchema, required=True))
+
+
+class JobsRequestSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Schema for JobsRequest"""
+
+    # Optional properties
+    name = String(required=False, description="custom name to be assigned to the job.")
+
+    # Required properties
+    qObject = Dict(required=True, description="the Qobj to be executed, as a dictionary.")
+    backend = Nested(BackendRequestSchema, required=True)
+    shots = Number(required=True)
+
+
+class JobsResponseSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Schema for JobsResponse"""
+    # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+
+    # Optional properties
+    error = String(required=False)
+
+    # Required properties
+    id = String(required=True)
+    status = String(required=True, validate=OneOf([status.value for status in JobStatus]))
+    creationDate = String(required=True)
+
+
+class JobsStatusRequestSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Schema for JobsStatusRequest"""
+
+    # Required properties
+    filter = Nested(JobsStatusFilterQueryParamRequestSchema, required=True)
+
+
+class JobsStatusResponseSchema(BaseSchema):
+    """Schema for JobsStatusResponse"""
+    # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+
+    # Required properties
+    id = String(required=True, description="the job ID of an already submitted job.")
+    kind = String(required=True, validate=OneOf([kind.name for kind in ApiJobKind]))
+    creationDate = String(required=True, description="when the job was run.")
+    status = String(required=True)