Source code for odoo_xmlrpc_twisted.functions.name_exist

"""
Module checks if a user with that name already exists.
"""


# call the function "get_settings_odoo" to get the parameters
# for the logging of the model on the "odoo Webservice API"
try:
    from .get_settings_odoo import get_settings_odoo
except ImportError:
    from get_settings_odoo import get_settings_odoo
result   = get_settings_odoo()
db       = result[0]
uid      = result[1]
password = result[3]
models   = result[4]

    

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def name_exist(name):
    
    """
    Function checks if a user with that name already exists
    in the odoo database in the table res.users.
    """    
    result = 'False'
    if name != '':
#       check if the name already exists
        number = models.execute_kw(db,uid, password,
                                    'res.users', 'search_count',
                                    [[['name', '=', name],
                                    ]])      
        if number > 0:
            result = 'True'
    else:
        pass
    
    return(result)