Tutorial

This tutorial demonstrates some features of Odooly in the interactive shell.

It assumes an Odoo or OpenERP server is installed. The shell is a true Python shell. We have access to all the features and modules of the Python interpreter.

First connection

The server is freshly installed and does not have an Odoo database yet. The tutorial creates its own database demo to play with.

Open the Odooly shell:

$ odooly

It assumes that the server is running locally, and listens on default port 8069.

If our configuration is different, then we use arguments, like:

$ odooly --server http://192.168.0.42:8069

It connects using the XML-RPC protocol. If you want to use the JSON-RPC protocol instead, then pass the full URL with /jsonrpc path:

$ odooly --server http://127.0.0.1:8069/jsonrpc

On login, it prints few lines about the commands available.

$ odooly
Usage (some commands):
    env[name]                       # Return a Model instance
    env[name].keys()                # List field names of the model
    env[name].fields(names=None)    # Return details for the fields
    env[name].field(name)           # Return details for the field
    env[name].browse(ids=())
    env[name].search(domain)
    env[name].search(domain, offset=0, limit=None, order=None)
                                    # Return a RecordList

    rec = env[name].get(domain)     # Get the Record matching domain
    rec.some_field                  # Return the value of this field
    rec.read(fields=None)           # Return values for the fields

    client.login(user)              # Login with another user
    client.connect(env)             # Connect to another env.
    env.models(name)                # List models matching pattern
    env.modules(name)               # List modules matching pattern
    env.install(module1, module2, ...)
    env.upgrade(module1, module2, ...)
                                    # Install or upgrade the modules

And it confirms that the default database is not available:

...
Error: Database 'odoo' does not exist: []

Though, we have a connected client, ready to use:

>>> client
<Client 'http://localhost:8069/xmlrpc#()'>
>>> client.server_version
'6.1'
>>> #

Create a database

We create the database "demo" for this tutorial. We need to know the superadmin password before to continue. This is the admin_passwd in the odoo-server.conf file. Default password is "admin".

Note

This password gives full control on the databases. Set a strong password in the configuration to prevent unauthorized access.

>>> client.create_database('super_password', 'demo')
Logged in as 'admin'
>>> client
<Client 'http://localhost:8069/xmlrpc#demo'>
>>> client.db.list()
['demo']
>>> env
<Env 'admin@demo'>
>>> env.modules(installed=True)
{'installed': ['base', 'web', 'web_mobile', 'web_tests']}
>>> len(env.modules()['uninstalled'])
202
>>> #

Note

Create an odooly.ini file in the current directory to declare all our environments. Example:

[DEFAULT]
host = localhost
port = 8069

[demo]
database = demo
username = joe

Then we connect to any environment with odooly --env demo or switch during an interactive session with client.connect('demo').

Clone a database

It is sometimes useful to clone a database (testing, backup, migration, …). A shortcut is available for that, the required parameters are the new database name and the superadmin password.

>>> client.clone_database('super_password', 'demo_test')
Logged in as 'admin'
>>> client
<Client 'http://localhost:8069/xmlrpc#demo_test'>
>>> client.db.list()
['demo', 'demo_test']
>>> env
<Env 'admin@demo'>
>>> client.modules(installed=True)
{'installed': ['base', 'web', 'web_mobile', 'web_tests']}
>>> len(client.modules()['uninstalled'])
202
>>> #

Find the users

We have created the database "demo" for the tests. We are connected to this database as 'admin'.

Where is the table for the users?

>>> client
<Client 'http://localhost:8069/xmlrpc#demo'>
>>> env.models('user')
['res.users', 'res.users.log']

We’ve listed two models which matches the name, res.users and res.users.log. Through the environment Env we reach the users’ model and we want to introspect its fields. Fortunately, the Model class provides methods to retrieve all the details.

>>> env['res.users']
<Model 'res.users'>
>>> print(env['res.users'].keys())
['action_id', 'active', 'company_id', 'company_ids', 'context_lang',
 'context_tz', 'date', 'groups_id', 'id', 'login', 'menu_id', 'menu_tips',
 'name', 'new_password', 'password', 'signature', 'user_email', 'view']
>>> env['res.users'].field('company')
{'change_default': False,
 'company_dependent': False,
 'context': {'user_preference': True},
 'depends': [],
 'domain': [],
 'help': 'The company this user is currently working for.',
 'manual': False,
 'readonly': False,
 'relation': 'res.company',
 'required': True,
 'searchable': True,
 'sortable': True,
 'store': True,
 'string': 'Company',
 'type': 'many2one'}
>>> #

Let’s examine the 'admin' user in details.

>>> env['res.users'].search_count()
1
>>> admin_user = env['res.users'].browse(1)
>>> admin_user.groups_id
<RecordList 'res.groups,[1, 2, 3]'>
>>> admin_user.groups_id.name
['Access Rights', 'Configuration', 'Employee']
>>> admin_user.groups_id.full_name
['Administration / Access Rights',
 'Administration / Configuration',
 'Human Resources / Employee']
>>> admin_user.get_metadata()
{'create_date': False,
 'create_uid': False,
 'id': 1,
 'write_date': '2012-09-01 09:01:36.631090',
 'write_uid': [1, 'Administrator'],
 'xmlid': 'base.user_admin'}

Create a new user

Now we want a non-admin user to continue the exploration. Let’s create Joe.

>>> env['res.users'].create({'login': 'joe'})
Fault: Integrity Error

The operation cannot be completed, probably due to the following:
- deletion: you may be trying to delete a record while other records still reference it
- creation/update: a mandatory field is not correctly set

[object with reference: name - name]
>>> #

It seems we’ve forgotten some mandatory data. Let’s give him a name.

>>> env['res.users'].create({'login': 'joe', 'name': 'Joe'})
<Record 'res.users,3'>
>>> joe_user = _
>>> joe_user.groups_id.full_name
['Human Resources / Employee', 'Partner Manager']

The user Joe does not have a password: we cannot login as joe. We set a password for Joe and we try again.

>>> client.login('joe')
Password for 'joe':
Error: Invalid username or password
>>> env.user
'admin'
>>> joe_user.password = 'bar'
>>> client.login('joe')
Logged in as 'joe'
>>> env.user
'joe'
>>> #

Success!

Explore the model

We keep connected as user Joe and we explore the world around us.

>>> env.user
'joe'
>>> all_models = env.models()
>>> len(all_models)
92

Among these 92 objects, some of them are read-only, others are read-write. We can also filter the non-empty models.

>>> # Read-only models
>>> len([m for m in all_models if not env[m].access('write')])
44
>>> #
>>> # Writable but cannot delete
>>> [m for m in all_models if env[m].access('write') and not env[m].access('unlink')]
['ir.property', 'web.planner']
>>> #
>>> # Unreadable models
>>> [m for m in all_models if not env[m].access('read')]
['ir.actions.todo',
 'ir.actions.todo.category',
 'res.payterm']
>>> #
>>> # Now print the number of entries in all (readable) models
>>> for m in all_models:
...     mcount = env[m].access() and env[m].search_count()
...     if not mcount:
...         continue
...     print('%4d  %s' % (mcount, m))
...
   1  ir.actions.act_url
  64  ir.actions.act_window
  14  ir.actions.act_window.view
  76  ir.actions.act_window_close
  76  ir.actions.actions
   4  ir.actions.client
   4  ir.actions.report
   3  ir.actions.server
   1  ir.default
 112  ir.model
3649  ir.model.data
1382  ir.model.fields
  33  ir.ui.menu
 221  ir.ui.view
   3  report.paperformat
   1  res.company
 249  res.country
   2  res.country.group
 678  res.country.state
   2  res.currency
   9  res.groups
   1  res.lang
   5  res.partner
  21  res.partner.industry
   5  res.partner.title
   1  res.request.link
   4  res.users
  12  res.users.log
>>> #
>>> # Show the content of a model
>>> config_params = env['ir.config_parameter'].search([])
>>> config_params.read('key value')
[{'id': 1, 'key': 'web.base.url', 'value': 'http://localhost:8069'},
 {'id': 2, 'key': 'database.create_date', 'value': '2012-09-01 09:01:12'},
 {'id': 3,
  'key': 'database.uuid',
  'value': '52fc9630-f49e-2222-e622-08002763afeb'}]

Browse the records

Query the "res.country" model:

>>> env['res.country'].keys()
['address_format', 'code', 'name']
>>> env['res.country'].search(['name like public'])
<RecordList 'res.country,[41, 42, 57, 62, 144]'>
>>> env['res.country'].search(['name like public']).name
['Central African Republic',
 'Congo, Democratic Republic of the',
 'Czech Republic',
 'Dominican Republic',
 'Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of']
>>> env['res.country'].search(['code > Y'], order='code ASC').read('code name')
[{'code': 'YE', 'id': 247, 'name': 'Yemen'},
 {'code': 'YT', 'id': 248, 'name': 'Mayotte'},
 {'code': 'ZA', 'id': 250, 'name': 'South Africa'},
 {'code': 'ZM', 'id': 251, 'name': 'Zambia'},
 {'code': 'ZW', 'id': 253, 'name': 'Zimbabwe'}]
>>> #

… the tutorial is done.

Jump to the Odooly API for further details.