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Daniel Reis
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Daniel Reis has a degree in applied mathematics and an MBA. He has had a long career in the IT industry, mostly as a consultant implementing business applications in a variety of sectors. He has been working with Odoo (OpenERP at the time) since 2010 and is an active contributor to the Odoo Community Association (OCA), where he also serves as a board member. He is the managing director of Open Source Integrators, a leading open source and Odoo consultancy firm.
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Exploring the Odoo external API

Some familiarity with the Odoo external API should be gained before we implement the client app. The following sections explore the XML-RPC API using a Python interpreter.

Using XML-RPC to connect to the Odoo external API

The simplest way to access the Odoo server is by using XML-RPC. The xmlrpc library, from Python standard library, can be used for this.

Remember that the application being developed is a client that connects to a server. So, a running Odoo server instance is needed for the client to connect to. The code examples will assume that an Odoo server instance is running on the same machine, http://localhost:8069, but any reachable URL can be used if the server you wish to use is running on a different machine.

The Odoo xmlrpc/2/common endpoint exposes public methods, and these can be accessed without a login. These can be used to inspect the server version and check login credentials. Let's use the xmlrpc library to explore...

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Daniel Reis

Daniel Reis has a degree in applied mathematics and an MBA. He has had a long career in the IT industry, mostly as a consultant implementing business applications in a variety of sectors. He has been working with Odoo (OpenERP at the time) since 2010 and is an active contributor to the Odoo Community Association (OCA), where he also serves as a board member. He is the managing director of Open Source Integrators, a leading open source and Odoo consultancy firm.
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