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Suno Personas

Create a reusable persona from a track's reference vocals.

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01

Overview

Use the personas endpoint and read the result from the same response.

Quick start

  1. Create an API key and set it as RUNAPI_API_KEY.
  2. Send a POST request whose body matches the request schema.
  3. Read the result from the successful response body.

Endpoint

POST /api/v1/personas
Base URL
https://runapi.ai
API version
v1
Authentication
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN
02

Supported models

Open a model page for current pricing, rate limits, and commercial-usage details.

03

Request schema

JSON body

Send only the fields declared for this endpoint.

Request body4 fields
descriptionstring
Required

Persona description.

namestring
Required

Persona name.

source_audio_idstring
Required

Audio id within the source Task that carries the reference vocals.

source_task_idstring
Required

RunAPI Task id that produced the reference audio.

04

Success response

HTTP 200

POST /api/v1/personas

Response schema
JSON 
{
  "properties": {
    "billing": {
      "properties": {
        "refund": {
          "oneOf": [
            {
              "properties": {
                "refunded_at": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "refunded_at"
              ],
              "type": "object",
              "unevaluatedProperties": false
            },
            {
              "enum": [
                null
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "reservation": {
          "oneOf": [
            {
              "properties": {
                "amount_cents": {
                  "type": "integer"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "amount_cents"
              ],
              "type": "object",
              "unevaluatedProperties": false
            },
            {
              "enum": [
                null
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "settlement": {
          "oneOf": [
            {
              "properties": {
                "amount_micro_cents": {
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "charged_amount_cents": {
                  "type": "integer"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "charged_amount_cents",
                "amount_micro_cents"
              ],
              "type": "object",
              "unevaluatedProperties": false
            },
            {
              "enum": [
                null
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "reservation",
        "settlement",
        "refund"
      ],
      "type": "object",
      "unevaluatedProperties": false
    },
    "persona": {
      "properties": {
        "description": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "id": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "id",
        "name",
        "description"
      ],
      "type": "object",
      "unevaluatedProperties": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "persona",
    "billing"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "unevaluatedProperties": false
}

Response example

JSON 
{
  "billing": {
    "refund": null,
    "reservation": null,
    "settlement": null
  },
  "persona": {
    "description": "A warm and expressive vocal character.",
    "id": "persona_reference",
    "name": "Studio Voice"
  }
}
05

Errors

HTTP 401

POST /api/v1/personas

Response schema
JSON 
{
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "description": "Human-readable error message.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "error"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "unevaluatedProperties": false
}

Response example

JSON 
{
  "error": "Authentication required"
}
06

Errors

HTTP 400

POST /api/v1/personas

Response schema
JSON 
{
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "properties": {
        "error": {
          "description": "Human-readable error message.",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "error"
      ],
      "type": "object",
      "unevaluatedProperties": false
    },
    {
      "properties": {
        "error": {
          "description": "Human-readable validation summary.",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "errors": {
          "additionalProperties": {
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "description": "Validation messages keyed by public request field, with an array of human-readable strings for each field.",
          "type": "object"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "error",
        "errors"
      ],
      "type": "object",
      "unevaluatedProperties": false
    }
  ]
}

Response example

JSON 
{
  "error": "Validation failed",
  "errors": {
    "source_task_id": [
      "is required"
    ]
  }
}
07

Errors

HTTP 402

POST /api/v1/personas

Response schema
JSON 
{
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "description": "Human-readable error message.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "error"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "unevaluatedProperties": false
}

Response example

JSON 
{
  "error": "Insufficient balance"
}
08

Errors

HTTP 429

POST /api/v1/personas

Response schema
JSON 
{
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "description": "Human-readable error message.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "error"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "unevaluatedProperties": false
}

Response example

JSON 
{
  "error": "API key credit limit exceeded"
}
09

Errors

HTTP 409

POST /api/v1/personas

Response schema
JSON 
{
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "description": "Human-readable error message.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "error"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "unevaluatedProperties": false
}

Response example

JSON 
{
  "error": "The request uses features that are not supported for the selected model"
}
10

Errors

HTTP 429

POST /api/v1/personas

Response schema
JSON 
{
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "description": "Human-readable error message.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "error"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "unevaluatedProperties": false
}

Response example

JSON 
{
  "error": "Rate limit reached. Please retry later."
}
11

Errors

HTTP 503

POST /api/v1/personas

Response schema
JSON 
{
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "description": "Human-readable error message.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "error"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "unevaluatedProperties": false
}

Response example

JSON 
{
  "error": "Service under maintenance, please try again later"
}
12

Errors

HTTP 504

POST /api/v1/personas

Response schema
JSON 
{
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "description": "Human-readable error message.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "error"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "unevaluatedProperties": false
}

Response example

JSON 
{
  "error": "The request timed out"
}
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Generated Code Samples

Use cURL directly, or install an SDK for your language. Each sample submits the validated request shown in this reference.

Install

Shell 
pip install runapi-suno
PYTHON 
import os
from runapi.suno import SunoClient

client = SunoClient(api_key=os.environ["RUNAPI_API_KEY"])
result = client.personas.run(
  source_task_id="tsk_source_music",
  source_audio_id="audio_reference",
  name="Studio Voice",
  description="A warm and expressive vocal character."
)