Pull your RS orders and deliveries into your own systems

What you can build on RS

• Get order history

  Build this

  Reads View All Orders in My Account: orders placed online, by phone, fax, email or a sales agent, by you and colleagues on your Sold To number.

  Takes

  Date range, RS order number or your order number (optional), RS stock number (optional)

  Returns

  RS order number, your order number, order date, channel, placed by, RS stock numbers, quantities, order total

• Track a parcel

  Build this

  Reads Parcel Tracking for one order: its stage from Order received to Delivered, each courier handover and the signature on the proof of delivery.

  Takes

  Sold To number, RS reference number

  Returns

  RS reference number, current stage, stage dates, courier, proof of delivery

• Read my quotes

  Build this

  Reads My Quotes in My Account: each quote, the products on it and the prices fixed on it.

  Takes

  Nothing

  Returns

  Quote number, created date, RS stock numbers, descriptions, quantities, unit prices, quote total

• Place a forward order

  Build this

  Adds products to the Basket, selects Forward orders in the Delivery section, chooses Checkout securely and picks the delivery date under Forward Orders.

  Takes

  RS stock numbers, quantities, delivery date, your order number

  Returns

  RS order number, delivery date, lines, order total

Automate RS 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.

• Morning parcel check for open RS orders

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 7:30

  Step 1

  For each RS reference number you list, read its Parcel Tracking stage.

  Step 2

  Keep the parcels whose stage changed since the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you the list with RS reference number, stage, courier and stage date.

• Last month's RS orders, sent to your spend report

  Build this

  Starts

  Monthly on the 1st at 8:00

  Step 1

  Get the order history for the previous month across your Sold To number.

  Step 2

  Group the orders by the colleague who placed them, with a total each.

  Step 3

  Post the orders and totals to your ERP or spend system's webhook.

• Quotes whose fixed prices end this week

  Build this

  Starts

  Every Monday at 9:00

  Step 1

  Read every quote in My Quotes.

  Step 2

  Keep the quotes created 23 to 30 days ago, whose 30-day fixed prices end within a week.

  Step 3

  Email you each one with quote number, created date, lines and total.

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 order history” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "uk.rs-online.com/get_order_history",
    "input": {
      "from": "2026-10-01",
      "to": "2026-10-31"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "orders": [
      {
        "rs_order_number": "AC-7710482",
        "your_order_number": "PO-ACME-2291",
        "order_date": "2026-10-28",
        "channel": "Online",
        "placed_by": "Maintenance, Acme Plant 2",
        "lines": [
          {
            "rs_stock_number": "000-0001",
            "quantity": 10
          }
        ],
        "order_total": 418.6,
        "currency": "GBP"
      }
    ],
    "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.

RS’s own options

RS connects customers' purchasing systems through PunchOut, eInvoicing and eOrdering, and offers RS PurchasingManager for organisations without an eProcurement platform. Each starts with an enquiry to RS. The procurement pages describe no API for your account's orders, tracking or quotes.

Read on November 12, 2026: RS eProcurement integration, RS PurchasingManager, RS Account Benefits.

Signing in to RS

RS signs registered customers in to My Account with a username and password, and a registration can be linked to an existing Sold To or Ship To number. With Fous you sign in once through RS's own sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, code and AI agents never see it, and an expired session is signed back in.

Worth knowing

Order History covers every channel

Order History shows 13 months of orders placed online, by phone, fax, email or a sales agent. With a Sold To number you see your colleagues' orders too, so one method can cover the whole account.

Tracking needs two numbers

Parcel Tracking asks for the Sold To number and the RS reference number of the order. Keep both with each order in your own system so a workflow can track it.

Quote prices hold for 30 days

RS fixes the prices on a quote for 30 days, and a quote can be shared with a colleague. A weekly check of My Quotes catches the ones about to lapse.

Invoice address changes are not online

To change your invoice details you phone or email RS with your Sold To or Ship To number and both addresses. By email, allow 2 days for the change.

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