---
title: "Find Or Create Animal By Eid"
method: POST
path: "/v1/farm/{farm_id}/animals/find-or-create-by-eid"
tags: ["animals"]
---

# Find Or Create Animal By Eid

`POST /v1/farm/{farm_id}/animals/find-or-create-by-eid`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.ranch.bot`
- URL: `https://api.ranch.bot/v1/farm/{farm_id}/animals/find-or-create-by-eid`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Current animals HTTP operation. External credential scopes: write:animals. Minimum farm role: EDITOR. Direct requests execute without an app confirmation screen. Production rate limit: 100 requests per 15-minute window per device account, 1000 per browser session, otherwise per client IP. RateLimit headers report the current window; respect Retry-After on 429.

## Path parameters

- `farm_id` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- object
  - `eid` string, required

## Response `200`

Existing match returned.

- object
  - `animal` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
    - `is_active` boolean, required
    - `farm_id` string, required
    - `metadata` unknown, required
    - `groups` Group[], required
      - `id` string, nullable, required
      - `farm_id` string, nullable, required
      - `description` string, nullable, required
      - `is_active` boolean, nullable, required
      - `name` string, nullable, required
      - `created_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
      - `updated_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `animal_identifiers` AnimalIdentifier[], required
      - `id` string, nullable, required
      - `animal_id` string, nullable, required
      - `is_active` boolean, nullable, required
      - `is_primary` boolean, nullable, required
      - `type` string, nullable, required
      - `value` string, nullable, required
      - `created_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
      - `updated_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `inventory_status` 'CURRENT' | 'UNKNOWN' | 'SOLD' | 'DECEASED' | 'NOT_MANAGED', required
    - `birth_facts` BirthFacts
      - `record` object, nullable, required
        - `record_id` string, required
        - `birth_event_id` string, required
        - `revision` number, required
        - `birth_date` string, required
        - `time_precision` string, nullable, required
        - `dam_id` string, required
        - `sire` BirthFactsSire, required
          - `status` 'unknown' | 'presumed' | 'confirmed', required
          - `animal_id` string, nullable, required
          - `provenance` string, nullable, required
          - `confidence` number, nullable, required
      - `derived` object, required
        - `birth_date` string, nullable, required
        - `time_precision` string, nullable, required
        - `dam_id` string, nullable, required
        - `sire` BirthFactsSire, required
          - `status` 'unknown' | 'presumed' | 'confirmed', required
          - `animal_id` string, nullable, required
          - `provenance` string, nullable, required
          - `confidence` number, nullable, required
      - `profile_birth_date` string, nullable, required
      - `effective_birth_date` string, nullable, required
      - `conflicts` object[], required
        - `independent_birth_date` string, required
        - `recorded_birth_date` string, required
        - `record_id` string, required
  - `created` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `201`: New animal created.
- `400`: Request validation failed.
- `401`: Missing/invalid authentication or insufficient farm role.
- `403`: Missing required scope or credential type is disallowed.
- `404`: Resource or active farm membership not found.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the indicated delay.
- `500`: Unexpected server failure.

---

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