Fetching/searching records through JSON-RPC

In the previous recipe, we saw how you can do authentication through JSON-RPC. In this recipe, we will see how you can fetch the data from the Odoo instance with JSON-RPC.

Getting ready

In this recipe, we will fetch book information with JSON-RPC. Make sure you have installed the my_library module and that the server is running on http://localhost:8069.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps to fetch book data from the library.book model:

1. Add the jsonrpc_fetch_data.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:

   # place authentication and get_json_payload methods (see first jsonrpc recipe)
   if user_id:
       # search for the book's ids
       search_domain = ['|', ['name', 'ilike', 'odoo'], 
       ['name', 'ilike&apos...