Odoo Order by XML-RPC - Python

In Odoo, we can use XML-RPC to perform operations on its database. Although Odoo has an API that supports JSON-RPC and can be used to access its data, XML-RPC is still a popular choice for some developers.

One common task in Odoo is to sort or order records based on a specific field. In this tutorial, we will learn how to order records using XML-RPC in Python.

Prerequisites

Before we start, you should have the following:

• Odoo running locally or remotely
• Python 3.x
• xmlrpc.client module installed (already included in Python standard library)

Connecting to Odoo

First, we need to establish a connection to our Odoo instance using the xmlrpc.client module. You will need to replace the host, database, username, and password with your own credentials.

import xmlrpc.client

host = 'localhost'  # or your Odoo instance URL
database = 'your_database'
username = 'your_username'
password = 'your_password'

common = xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy('{}/xmlrpc/2/common'.format(host))
uid = common.authenticate(database, username, password, {})
models = xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy('{}/xmlrpc/2/object'.format(host))

Sorting Records

Now that we have successfully connected to Odoo, let's start by retrieving a list of records we want to sort. In this example, we will retrieve a list of product categories and sort them by their name field.

category_ids = models.execute_kw(database, uid, password,
    'product.category', 'search',
    [[]],
    {'order': 'name'})
categories = models.execute_kw(database, uid, password,
    'product.category', 'read',
    [category_ids],
    {'fields': ['id', 'name']})

Notice how we passed the order parameter to the search method. This tells Odoo to sort the records by the name field.

Viewing Results

Finally, let's view our results by printing the name of each product category.

for category in categories:
    print(category['name'])

And that's it! You have successfully sorted records in Odoo using XML-RPC and Python.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to order records in Odoo using XML-RPC and Python. We first established a connection to our Odoo instance, then retrieved a list of records and sorted them by a specific field. We then viewed the results by printing a specific field of each record.

We hope you found this tutorial helpful and informative. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments below.