Source code for django_webapps_fullstack.settings.get_settings_odoo

"""
For the initialisation get dedicated values
to log onto Odoo system.
"""


import os.path
import xmlrpc.client as xmlrpclib
import configparser



def get_settings_odoo():
    
    """
    For the initialisation get all the parameters
    from the parameter file "parameter_global.ini"
    to log into the Odoo system. The result of the
    function are the parameters to log onto the
    odoo system via "xmlrpclib".
    
    This function is used by all modules
    which communicate with the odoo system
    by "xmlrpclib" server functionality.
    """    

    # get the location of the Settings File "parameter_global.ini"
    pathname = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
    filename = 'parameter_global.ini'
    fullpath = os.path.join(pathname, filename)
    
    # create a configparser object
    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
    # read the configuration file using configparser with UTF-8
    config.read(fullpath, encoding='utf-8')

    # get the values from the configuration file "parameter_global.ini"
    url      = config['get_settings_odoo']['url']
    db       = config['get_settings_odoo']['db']
    username = config['get_settings_odoo']['username']
    password = config['get_settings_odoo']['password']

    # set the parameter to log onto odoo system
    common = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('{}/xmlrpc/2/common'.format(url))
    uid    = common.authenticate(db, username, password, {})            
    models = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('{}/xmlrpc/2/object'.format(url))

    return (db, uid, username, password, models, common)