When you submit a vocal generation task to the Suno API using the /api/v1/generate/add-vocals endpoint, you can use the callBackUrl parameter to set a callback URL. The system will automatically push the results to your specified address when the task is completed.
This callback is triggered by the following API endpoint:
Add Vocals API POST /api/v1/generate/add-vocals - Add vocals to uploaded music files
Callback Mechanism Overview
The callback mechanism eliminates the need to poll the API for task status. The system will proactively push task completion results to your server.
Callback Timing
The system will send callback notifications in the following situations:
Text generation completed (callbackType: “text”)
First audio track generation completed (callbackType: “first”)
All audio tracks generation completed (callbackType: “complete”)
Vocal generation task failed
Errors occurred during task processing
Callback Method
HTTP Method : POST
Content Type : application/json
Timeout Setting : 15 seconds
When the task progresses or completes, the system will send a POST request to your callBackUrl in the following format:
Complete Success Callback
First Track Success Callback
Text Generation Callback
Failure Callback
{
"code" : 200 ,
"msg" : "All generated successfully." ,
"data" : {
"callbackType" : "complete" ,
"task_id" : "2fac****9f72" ,
"data" : [
{
"id" : "e231****-****-****-****-****8cadc7dc" ,
"audio_url" : "https://example.cn/****.mp3" ,
"stream_audio_url" : "https://example.cn/****" ,
"image_url" : "https://example.cn/****.jpeg" ,
"prompt" : "[Verse] Night city lights shining bright" ,
"model_name" : "chirp-v4-5" ,
"title" : "Iron Man" ,
"createTime" : "2025-01-01 00:00:00" ,
"duration" : 198.44
}
]
}
}
Status Code Description
Status Code Description 200 Success - Request has been processed successfully 400 Validation Error - Lyrics contained copyrighted material 408 Rate Limited - Timeout 413 Conflict - Uploaded audio matches existing work of art 500 Server Error - An unexpected error occurred while processing the request 501 Audio generation failed 531 Server Error - Sorry, the generation failed due to an issue. Your credits have been refunded. Please try again
Callback Reception Examples
Here are example codes for receiving callbacks in popular programming languages:
const express = require ( 'express' );
const app = express ();
app . use ( express . json ());
app . post ( '/vocals-callback' , ( req , res ) => {
const { code , msg , data } = req . body ;
console . log ( 'Received vocals callback:' , {
taskId: data . task_id ,
status: code ,
message: msg ,
callbackType: data . callbackType
});
if ( code === 200 ) {
// Task completed successfully
if ( data . callbackType === 'complete' ) {
console . log ( 'Vocals generation completed:' , data . data );
// Process generated vocals data
data . data . forEach ( audio => {
console . log ( `Audio ID: ${ audio . id } ` );
console . log ( `Audio URL: ${ audio . audio_url } ` );
console . log ( `Title: ${ audio . title } ` );
console . log ( `Duration: ${ audio . duration } seconds` );
});
} else if ( data . callbackType === 'first' ) {
console . log ( 'First track completed' );
} else if ( data . callbackType === 'text' ) {
console . log ( 'Text generation completed' );
}
} else {
// Task failed
console . log ( 'Task failed:' , msg );
}
// Return 200 status code to confirm callback received
res . status ( 200 ). json ({ status: 'received' });
});
app . listen ( 3000 , () => {
console . log ( 'Vocals callback server running on port 3000' );
});
Best Practices
Callback URL Configuration Recommendations
Use HTTPS : Ensure your callback URL uses HTTPS protocol for secure data transmission
Verify Source : Verify the legitimacy of the request source in callback processing
Idempotent Processing : The same task_id may receive multiple callbacks, ensure processing logic is idempotent
Quick Response : Callback processing should return a 200 status code as quickly as possible to avoid timeout
Asynchronous Processing : Complex business logic should be processed asynchronously to avoid blocking callback response
Stage Tracking : Differentiate between different generation stages based on callbackType and arrange business logic appropriately
Important Reminders
Callback URL must be a publicly accessible address
Server must respond within 15 seconds, otherwise it will be considered a timeout
If 3 consecutive retries fail, the system will stop sending callbacks
Please ensure the stability of callback processing logic to avoid callback failures due to exceptions
Pay attention to handling different callbackType callbacks, especially the complete type for final results
Alternative Solution
If you cannot use the callback mechanism, you can also use polling:
Poll Query Results Use the get music details endpoint to regularly query task status. We recommend querying every 30 seconds.