Wan 3.0 workspace-id region hosts vs Sume's one API base URL

Alibaba's Wan 3.0 URLs carry a workspace id and a region host, in six regions. Sume's video API is one base URL; what to change when you port the call.

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Alibaba's Wan 3.0 endpoints put your workspace id and a region in the host name, and the page lists six regions. A Sume call has neither: it goes to https://api.sume.com/v1/videos and the key identifies the workspace. The Sume docs show no region field, so do not plan around choosing where a job runs.

What do the Alibaba URLs look like?

Compare the create and query URLs with the single Sume path.

Wan 3.0 on Model Studio and Sume (Alibaba page and Sume docs read 2026-10-09)
ItemAlibaba, SingaporeSume
Create taskPOST https://{WorkspaceId}.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/api/v1/services/aigc/video-generation/video-synthesisPOST https://api.sume.com/v1/videos
Query taskGET https://{WorkspaceId}.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/api/v1/tasks/{task_id}GET the polling_url from the submit response
Regions on the pageSingapore, Beijing, US (Virginia), Tokyo, Frankfurt, Hong Kongnone documented

What does that change in your code?

Three edits cover the port.

  • Drop the workspace id and region from config. A Sume workspace is tied to the API key.
  • Stop building the task URL from a task id. Store the polling_url Sume returns.
  • Do not copy a region choice over. If a data-location rule applies to you, ask before you send production traffic.

How do you check the base URL in a script?

A one-line guard saves a long debugging session when an old Alibaba URL is still in an environment file.

from urllib.parse import urlparse

def check_base(url: str) -> str:
    host = urlparse(url).hostname or ""
    if host != "api.sume.com":
        raise ValueError(f"expected api.sume.com, got {host}")
    return url.rstrip("/") + "/v1/videos"

print(check_base("https://api.sume.com"))
try:
    check_base("https://abc.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com")
except ValueError as e:
    print(e)

Which model id replaces the Alibaba one?

Use wan-3.0. Sume lists one Wan 3.0 id, 2 to 30 seconds at 480p, 720p and 1080p. Confirm the live values with GET /v1/videos/models before a batch, and see what Sume documents for the Wan row.

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