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Odoo 12 Development Essentials - Fourth Edition

By : Daniel Reis
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Odoo 12 Development Essentials - Fourth Edition

By: Daniel Reis

Overview of this book

Odoo is one of the best platforms for open source ERP and CRM. Its latest version, Odoo 12, brings with it new features and updates in Python packages to develop more customizable applications with additional cloud capabilities. The book begins by covering the development essentials for building business applications. You will start your journey by learning how to install and configure Odoo, and then transition from having no specific knowledge of Odoo to being ready for application development. You will develop your first Odoo application and understand topics such as models and views. Odoo 12 Development Essentials will also guide you in using server APIs to add business logic, helping you lay a solid foundation for advanced topics. As you progress through the chapters, you will be equipped to build and customize your applications and explore the new features in Odoo 12, such as cloud integration, to scale your business applications. You will get insights into building business logic and integrating various APIs into your application. By the end of the book, you will be able to build a business application from scratch by using the latest version of Odoo.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Foreword
Contributors
Preface
Index

The Library client XML-RPC interface


Let's start with the implementation of out Library client application. We will split it into two files: one dealing with the interface with the server backend, library_api.py, and another dealing with the application's user interface, library.py. We will then provide alternative implementation for the backend interface, using the existing library, OdooRPC.

We will create a class to set up the connection with an Odoo server, and read/write Library Book data. It should expose the basic CRUD methods:

  • search_read() to retrieve book data
  • create() to create books
  • write() to update books
  • unlink() to delete a book

 

 

Choose a directory to host the application files and create the library_api.py file. We start by adding the class constructor, as follows:

from xmlrpc import client
 
class LibraryAPI(): 
    def __init__(self, srv, port, db, user, pwd):
        common = client.ServerProxy(
            'http://%s:%d/xmlrpc/2/common' % (srv, port))
        self.api = client...