Get your Net-Inspect FAIRs and buy-offs through an API

What you can build on Net-Inspect

• Get first articles by status

  Build this

  Reads the View Internal page of the First Article module, filtered by a status such as In-Work or Pending Buy-off, or the FAIRs marked Disapproved, and a date range.

  Takes

  Status, date range (optional), customer (optional)

  Returns

  Part number, revision, customer, FAIR status, submitted status, buyoff status, submitted date

• Get rejection comments on a FAIR

  Build this

  Opens one FAIR and reads the List of Rejected Fields: each field your customer marked and the comment the reviewer entered.

  Takes

  Part number, customer

  Returns

  Part number, buyoff status, rejected field, form, comment

• Get eSource inspection records

  Build this

  Reads your eSource inspection records for one customer: the part, the shipment and whether the IR was approved, disapproved or is waiting for review.

  Takes

  Customer, submitted since (optional)

  Returns

  Customer, part number, PO number, lot quantity, shipment number, shipping date, accepted quantity, nonconformance quantity, status, authorization number, authorization date

• Record measurements for a run

  Build this

  Starts a new run on Record Measurements for a part, enters the result for each feature and saves it.

  Takes

  Part number, tool, material lot, results by feature

  Returns

  Part number, run, features entered, out-of-tolerance features, eTag numbers

Automate Net-Inspect with a workflow

A workflow runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

• Newly disapproved FAIRs, with the rejection comments

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 7:00

  Step 1

  Get the first articles in Disapproved status.

  Step 2

  Keep the FAIRs that were not disapproved on the last run.

  Step 3

  For each one, get the rejection comments from the List of Rejected Fields.

  Step 4

  Email you the comments, one section per part number and customer.

• FAIRs pending buy-off, by customer

  Build this

  Starts

  Every Monday at 8:00

  Step 1

  Get the first articles in Pending Buy-off status.

  Step 2

  Group them by customer and sort each group by submitted date, oldest first.

  Step 3

  Email you the list.

• Authorized eSource shipments, sent to your shipping system

  Build this

  Starts

  Every hour on weekdays

  Step 1

  For each customer you name, get the eSource inspection records.

  Step 2

  Keep the IRs with an authorization number that were not authorized on the last run.

  Step 3

  Post part number, PO number, shipment number, accepted quantity and authorization number to your webhook.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a method, it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get first articles by status” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "www.net-inspect.com/get_first_articles",
    "input": {
      "status": "Pending Buy-off",
      "customer": "Acme Aerostructures"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "status": "Pending Buy-off",
    "first_articles": [
      {
        "part_number": "AC-4471-03",
        "revision": "C",
        "customer": "Acme Aerostructures",
        "fair_status": "Complete",
        "submitted_status": "Submitted",
        "buyoff_status": "Pending Buyoff",
        "submitted_date": "2026-11-06"
      }
    ],
    "count": 1
  }
}

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

Net-Inspect’s own options

Net-Inspect's user guide documents no API for reading your FAIRs or inspection records. Data goes in through an Excel import template, CMM results files and imports from more than 30 third-party quality and data collection systems. The View pages export the meta-data they show to Excel, without export-controlled technical data.

Read on November 12, 2026: Net-Inspect Version 5 User Guide (PDF), SPC software and measurement collection, First Article Inspection software.

Signing in to Net-Inspect

Net-Inspect signs you in with a user ID, a password and your Net-Inspect company name. Remember Me saves the user ID and company name on a private computer, and your company administrator sets up users in User Management. With Fous you sign in once through Net-Inspect's own sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, and an expired session is signed back in.

Worth knowing

Signing a FAIR locks it

The Form 1, Field 19 signature locks the FAIR for edit, and you can reopen it for edit until Field 21 is signed. Field 21 submits it to the customer, with your password.

Approval is final, disapproval reopens

An approved or conditionally approved FAIR can no longer be edited. A disapproved FAIR reopens and must be resubmitted, and each change is tracked with its original value.

Exports leave out technical data

Excel exports from the View pages and metrics carry meta-data only, never export-controlled technical data. Access History logs every access to pages with Technical Data, for export control.

Your customer configures eSource

A customer may require a Qualified Parts List entry and an open PO before you can create an IR. Some customers allow automatic approval of IRs, others review each one.

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