Logging in to/connecting Odoo with XML-RPC

In this recipe, we will carry out user authentication through RPC to check whether the credentials supplied are valid.

Getting ready

To connect an Odoo instance through RPC, you will need a running Odoo instance to connect with. We will assume that you have the Odoo server running on http://localhost:8069 and that you have installed the my_library module.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps to carry out user authentication through RPC:

1. Add the odoo_authenticate.py file. You can place this file anywhere you want because the RPC program will work independently.
2. Add the following code to the file:

   from xmlrpc import client
   server_url = 'http://localhost:8069'
   db_name = 'book-db-14'
   username = 'admin'
   password = 'admin'
   common = client.ServerProxy('%s/xmlrpc/2/common' %    
       server_url)
   user_id = common.authenticate(db_name...