Execute RPC queries¶
The basic methods to execute RPC queries related to data models are
execute and
execute_kw.
They take at least two parameters (the model and the name of the method to
call) following by additional variable parameters according to the method
called:
>>> order_data = odoo.execute('sale.order', 'read', [1], ['name'])
This instruction will call the read method of the sale.order model
for the order ID=1, and will only returns the value of the field name.
However there is a more efficient way to perform methods of a model by getting
a proxy of it with the
model registry, which
provides an API almost syntactically identical to the Odoo server side API
(see odoorpc.models.Model), and which is able to set the user
context automatically (both for read and write operations):
>>> User = odoo.env['res.users']
>>> User.write([6], {'name': "Dupont D."})
True
>>> odoo.env.context
{'lang': 'fr_FR', 'tz': False}
>>> Product = odoo.env['product.template']
>>> Product.name_get([25])
[[25, '[FURN_8220] Bureau Quatre Personnes']]
To stop sending the user context, use the odoorpc.ODOO.config property:
>>> odoo.config['auto_context'] = False
>>> Product.name_get([25]) # Without context, lang 'en_US' by default
[[25, '[FURN_8220] Four Person Desk']]
Note
The auto_context option only affect methods called from model proxies.
Here is another example of how to install a module (you have to be logged as an administrator to perform this task):
>>> Module = odoo.env['ir.module.module']
>>> module_ids = Module.search([('name', '=', 'purchase')])
>>> Module.button_immediate_install(module_ids)
