Pull your NLIS database reports into your own systems

What you can build on the NLIS database

• Get the devices on a PIC

  Build this

  Runs View devices on my property for one PIC and report type, such as All devices currently on my PIC, and reads the results table.

  Takes

  PIC, species (Cattle or Sheep (individual)), report type, from and to date (optional)

  Returns

  NLIS ID, RFID, transfer date, issue date, LT, LT reason for loss, EU status, management ID, status, active

• Get livestock moved onto a PIC

  Build this

  Runs the Livestock moved onto PIC report under View/generate all reports for one PIC, date range and species, and reads every row.

  Takes

  PIC, start date, end date, species

  Returns

  RFID, NLIS ID, source PIC, NVD/Waybill, movement date, saleyard name, LT, species

• Get livestock moved off a PIC

  Build this

  Runs the Livestock moved off PIC report for one PIC and date range, showing where each tag went and on which NVD/Waybill.

  Takes

  PIC, start date, end date, species

  Returns

  RFID, NLIS ID, destination PIC, NVD/Waybill, movement date, saleyard name, LT, species

• Record livestock moved onto your property

  Build this

  Records a transfer with Livestock moved onto my property: the PIC the stock came from, your PIC, the NVD/Waybill number and the devices.

  Takes

  From PIC, to PIC, species, NVD/Waybill number, NLIS IDs or RFIDs, movement date

  Returns

  Upload ID, from PIC, to PIC, number of devices

Automate the NLIS database 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.

• New arrivals on each of your PICs

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 7:00, Australia/Brisbane time

  Step 1

  For each of your PICs, get the livestock moved onto that PIC over the last 7 days.

  Step 2

  Keep the rows that were not there on the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you the new rows grouped by PIC and NVD/Waybill, with source PIC and movement date.

• Check that buyers recorded your sales off the PIC

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 9:00, Australia/Sydney time

  Step 1

  Get the livestock moved off your PIC over the last 14 days.

  Step 2

  Group the rows by NVD/Waybill and destination PIC with an AI step, counting the tags in each.

  Step 3

  Post the counts to your webhook, so your sales records can show which consignments have no recorded transfer yet.

• Weekly device list for your herd records

  Build this

  Starts

  Every Monday at 6:00, Australia/Melbourne time

  Step 1

  For each PIC, get All devices currently on my PIC from View devices on my property.

  Step 2

  Keep the devices that are new or changed since the last run, such as a new status or LT value.

  Step 3

  Post them to your herd management system's webhook with NLIS ID, RFID, status and LT.

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 the devices on a PIC” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "nlis.com.au/get_devices_on_pic",
    "input": {
      "pic": "QAXY4821",
      "species": "Cattle",
      "report_type": "All devices currently on my PIC"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "pic": "QAXY4821",
    "devices": [
      {
        "nlis_id": "QAXY4821XBC00312",
        "rfid": "982 000361245570",
        "transfer_date": null,
        "issue_date": "2025-08-14",
        "lt": "Y",
        "lt_reason_for_loss": null,
        "eu_status": "N",
        "management_id": "Acme 312",
        "status": null,
        "active": true
      }
    ],
    "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.

The NLIS database’s own options

ISC offers NLIS API access to third-party software integrators: its Developer Portal needs ISC's approval, and connections run under the NLIS API System Access agreement, whose terms are not negotiable. Without such software you use nlis.com.au itself, or, as the receiver, complete a transfer from an incoming eNVD in the eNVD web system.

Read on November 12, 2026: NLIS Database Uplift Project: third-party integrators, Complete NLIS transfers in eNVD, Buying, selling and moving livestock.

Signing in to the NLIS database

nlis.com.au sends you to the myMLA login, and a direct NLIS login with user ID and password is still offered. Once signed in, Switch Account in the menu changes between accounts. With Fous you sign in once through that sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, never returned by the API, and an expired session is signed back in.

Worth knowing

The receiver has 48 hours

The buyer or receiver must record an NLIS transfer within 48 hours of the physical movement. If your agent does it, ask the agent for the Upload ID.

Species and NVD/Waybill numbers

Reports are run for one species: Cattle, Sheep (individual), Sheep (mobs) or Goats. A mob-based movement cannot be recorded without an NVD/Waybill serial number.

Planned maintenance windows

The NLIS database is unavailable 6 to 8pm AEDT every second Thursday and 10am to 8pm AEDT on some Saturdays, so schedule workflows outside those hours.

An uplifted NLIS is on the way

ISC is rebuilding the database, targeting go-live in late 2027. Every user will need a myMLA account linked to their NLIS account, and legacy APIs including NLIS Connect will be retired.

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