How to Register Music on Story

In this tutorial, you will learn how to properly register music as IP on Story using the TypeScript SDK. At the end, you will be able to listen to your song directly on our explorer.

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1. Create a Song

Before we register music on Story, you’ll obviously need some music! If you already have music, make sure you have a link to the music file directly. For example, https://cdn1.suno.ai/dcd3076f-3aa5-400b-ba5d-87d30f27c311.mp3. If you don’t already have this, you can upload your music file to IPFS:

If you want to create a test song, go to Suno, which is an awesome platform for AI-generated music. We can get a test song by:

1. Inputting a prompt to create a song
2. Click on the final result, which should take you to a URL like https://suno.com/song/dcd3076f-3aa5-400b-ba5d-87d30f27c311
3. Copy the the SONG_ID in the URL (dcd3076f-3aa5-400b-ba5d-87d30f27c311)
4. Copy the following URL: https://cdn1.suno.ai/${SONG_ID}.mp3, making sure to replace SONG_ID with your own.

This is the URL we’ll use in step 2.

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2. Complete the “How to Register IP” Tutorial

Most of what we need to do is already covered in Register an IP Asset. Complete that tutorial first, and then come back here.

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3. Change Metadata

The only difference is how you set your metadata. Here is an example:

• image.* is used to display a cover image when your song is registered
• media.* is used for the audio file. Also note that the fields passed into media.* are checked for infringement by the Story Attestation Service.

const ipMetadata = {
  title: "Midnight Marriage",
  description: "This is a house-style song generated on suno.",
  createdAt: "1740005219",
  creators: [
    {
      name: "Jacob Tucker",
      address: "0xA2f9Cf1E40D7b03aB81e34BC50f0A8c67B4e9112",
      contributionPercent: 100,
    },
  ],
  image:
    "https://cdn2.suno.ai/image_large_8bcba6bc-3f60-4921-b148-f32a59086a4c.jpeg",
  imageHash:
    "0xc404730cdcdf7e5e54e8f16bc6687f97c6578a296f4a21b452d8a6ecabd61bcc",
  mediaUrl: "https://cdn1.suno.ai/dcd3076f-3aa5-400b-ba5d-87d30f27c311.mp3",
  mediaHash:
    "0xb52a44f53b2485ba772bd4857a443e1fb942cf5dda73c870e2d2238ecd607aee",
  mediaType: "audio/mpeg",
};

After you’ve done that, you can set your NFT metadata like so:

• image for the cover image
• animation_url is used for the audio file
• attributes for any extra attributes you want to include

const nftMetadata = {
  name: "Midnight Marriage",
  description:
    "This is a house-style song generated on suno. This NFT represents ownership of the IP Asset.",
  image:
    "https://cdn2.suno.ai/image_large_8bcba6bc-3f60-4921-b148-f32a59086a4c.jpeg",
  animation_url:
    "https://cdn1.suno.ai/dcd3076f-3aa5-400b-ba5d-87d30f27c311.mp3",
  attributes: [
    {
      key: "Suno Artist",
      value: "amazedneurofunk956",
    },
    {
      key: "Artist ID",
      value: "4123743b-8ba6-4028-a965-75b79a3ad424",
    },
    {
      key: "Source",
      value: "Suno.com",
    },
  ],
};

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4. Done!

When you run the script, you will register an IP Asset and it will look something like this on our explorer.

You can see the explorer recognizes the metadata format, and you can play the song directly on the page!