Stable Audio Open

POST/v1/run

Stable Audio Open is stability-ai's AI audio generation model. Produce high-quality music tracks, sound effects, and audio landscapes from natural language prompts.

Request body

Submit an async generation request. The model field selects the model; other fields are model-specific input parameters.

stringmodelrequired

Model identifier. Set to stability-ai/stable-audio/open.

Default: stability-ai/stable-audio/open

stringpromptrequired

The prompt to generate audio from

Optional<integer>seconds_start

The start point of the audio clip to generate

Range: 0 to 47

Default: 0

Optional<integer>seconds_total

The duration of the audio clip to generate

Range: 0 to 47

Default: 30

Optional<integer>steps

The number of steps to denoise the audio for

Range: 2 to 1000

Default: 100

Response Schema

The submit endpoint returns a run response. If its status is pending or running, poll GET /v1/run/{id} with the returned opaque ID until it reaches a terminal state.

stringidrequired

Opaque SandBase run identifier. Use it exactly as returned; no prefix is guaranteed.

stringstatusrequired

Current public run status.

Allowed values: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout

Optional<string>model

Public SandBase model name used for this run.

Optional<array<object>>outputs

Present only for completed runs. Each object is capability-specific; inspect the selected model schema for its fields.

Optional<object>error

Present only for failed or timeout runs. Contains a public error type and sanitized message.

Optional<string>error.type

Stable public error category.

Optional<string>error.message

Sanitized error message safe to show to clients.

Optional<object>usage

Usage details when available.

Model capabilities

array<string>capability_tagsrequired

Capabilities declared by the model registry.

Default: text-to-audio

stringexecution_moderequired

Execution mode declared by the model registry.

Default: async

# 1. Submit a generation request
curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "stability-ai/stable-audio/open",
  "prompt": "128 BPM tech house drum loop"
}'

# 2. If the response is still running, poll the returned id
curl https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"

Response202 Accepted

{
  "id": "f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc",
  "model": "stability-ai/stable-audio/open",
  "status": "running"
}