Source code for odoo_xmlrpc_twisted.functions.test_odoo_connection

"""
Test the connection to Odoo Server.
"""


# 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]
username        = result[2]
password        = result[3]
models          = result[4]
common_endpoint = result[5]




def test_odoo_connection():    
    """
    Tests if the connection to the odoo system works.
    The function gives back the result of the testing.
    """
        
    try:  
#       used to refer to the common endpoint of the Odoo XML-RPC API 
        common = common_endpoint
#       test if a connection to the Odoo Server works
        userid = common.authenticate(db, username, password, {})

#       returns a userid if successful        
        if userid != False:
            result = 'True'
        else:
            result = 'False'

    except:
        result = 'False'
      
    return(result)