# suno/suno-v5.5/generate

> Suno v5.5 is a next-generation AI music generator that lets anyone create full songs in seconds—no musical skills required. Simply enter a prompt to generate high-quality music with vocals, melody, and arrangement. Whether for short videos, marketing, or personal projects, Suno v5.5 significantly improves efficiency and reduces production costs.

## Overview

- **Endpoint**: `https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/create`
- **Model ID**: `suno/suno-v5.5/generate`
- **Category**: text-to-music
- **Kind**: inference

## Pricing

Description mode: $0.1 per request; Custom mode: $0.1 per request

For more details, please check our pricing page.

## API Information

This model can be used via our HTTP API or more conveniently via our client libraries.
See the input and output schema below, as well as the usage examples.

### Input Schema

The API accepts the following input parameters:

- **`mode`** (`string`, _required_):
  Music Generation Mode
  - Options: "custom", "description"

- **`lyrics`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Lyrics Content. Only available in custom mode. If value is empty, the results will be instrumental only

- **`title`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Music Title. Only available in custom mode, and must be provided

- **`tags`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Music style or genre. Only available in custom mode

- **`gpt_description_prompt`** (`string`, _optional_):
  AI Style Prompt. Only available in description mode, and must be provided

- **`make_instrumental`** (`bool`, _optional_):
  Instrumental only. Only available in description mode
  - Default: `false`
  - Options: "true", "false"

### Output Schema

The API returns a JSON response with a `job_id` for tracking the request status.

**Create Job Response:**
```json
{
  "code": 0,
  "data": {
    "amount": "0.02",
    "job_id": "<JOB_ID>"
  }
}
```

**Query Job Result (when status is 2, meaning succeeded):**
```json
{
  "code": 0,
  "data": {
    "status": 2,
    "result": {
      "musics": [{ "url": "https://...", "cover": "https://...", "title": "...", "lyrics": "...", "tags": "..." }]
    }
  }
}
```

## Use Example

To use this model, make an HTTP POST request to the API endpoint, then poll for results using the returned `job_id`.

### Bash (cURL)
```bash
# Step 1: Create a job
response=$(curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/create \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $SHORTAPI_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "model": "suno/suno-v5.5/generate",
  "args": {
    "mode": "custom"
  },
  "callback_url": "CALLBACK_URL"
}')
JOB_ID=$(echo "$response" | grep -o '"job_id": *"[^"]*"' | sed 's/"job_id": *//; s/"//g')

# Step 2: Poll for results
curl --request GET \
  --url "https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/query?id=$JOB_ID" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $SHORTAPI_KEY"
```

### JavaScript (Fetch API)
```javascript
// Step 1: Create a job
const response = await fetch(`https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/create`, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${SHORTAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "suno/suno-v5.5/generate",
    "args": {
      "mode": "custom"
    },
    "callback_url": "CALLBACK_URL"
})
});
const data = await response.json();
const JOB_ID = data.job_id;

// Step 2: Poll for results
const result = await fetch(`https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/query?id=${JOB_ID}`, {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${SHORTAPI_KEY}`
  }
});
const resultData = await result.json();
console.log(resultData);
```

### Python (Requests)
```python
import requests

# Step 1: Create a job
url = "https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/create"
payload = {
  "model": "suno/suno-v5.5/generate",
  "args": {
    "mode": "custom"
  },
  "callback_url": "CALLBACK_URL"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {SHORTAPI_KEY}",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
data = response.json()
JOB_ID = data.get("job_id")

# Step 2: Poll for results
result_url = f"https://api.shortapi.ai/api/v1/job/query?id={JOB_ID}"
result = requests.get(result_url, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {SHORTAPI_KEY}"})
print(result.json())
```