From f9d4cfa7dac0509024670946d8162d2098bd82df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Wagner <sebastian.wagner@stoneone.de>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:27:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: made provider retrieval more resilient

---
 planqk/qiskit/client/backend_dtos.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/planqk/qiskit/client/backend_dtos.py b/planqk/qiskit/client/backend_dtos.py
index 8f9a539..2549e85 100644
--- a/planqk/qiskit/client/backend_dtos.py
+++ b/planqk/qiskit/client/backend_dtos.py
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ class PROVIDER(Enum):
     IBM_CLOUD = "IBM_CLOUD"
     TSYSTEMS = "TSYSTEMS"
     QRYD = "QRYD"
+    UNKNOWN = "UNKNOWN"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_str(cls, provider_str):
+        try:
+            return PROVIDER(provider_str)
+        except KeyError:
+            return cls.UNKNOWN
 
 
 class TYPE(Enum):