Logging in to/connecting Odoo with XML-RPC

In this recipe, we will carry out user authentication through RPC to check whether the credentials (server_url, db_name, username, and password) 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:8017 and that you have installed the my_hostel 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:8017'
   db_name = 'cookbook_17e'
   username = 'admin'
   password = 'admin'
   common = client.ServerProxy('%s/xmlrpc/2/common' % server_url)
   user_id = common.authenticate(db_name...