
Benefits of Integrating Odoo with the SOAP API
SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) API is a web service protocol used to exchange information between applications by default. Odoo is one of the well-known open-source ERP systems and provides a SOAP API that allows developers to interact with Odoo data and functions from external applications. Through the SOAP API in Odoo, developers can create and update files, retrieve data, perform transactions, and perform various other tasks. This API is very useful for integrating Odoo with other systems, such as CRM, eCommerce platforms, and mobile apps. Odoo Web Services is a method for transferring data over the internet or intranet network using a standard messaging system. They are not limited to one programming language and use standard libraries such as HTML, XML, WSDL, SOAP, and REST.
In this article, we will discuss the benefits of integrating Odoo with SOAP to create efficient data transfer between the user portal and the Odoo system.
SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a lightweight protocol and uses XML format to facilitate the exchange of information in a decentralized environment. By combining SOAP requests and responses with transport protocols such as HTTP, media is created that allows applications or systems to quickly and easily publish web services connected to a database.
SOAP web services follow standard XML-based encoding methods for transferring requests and responses between portals and systems, including:
- Requests to request services that fall under the Restrictions
- The response from the service method, including the return value and output properties
- Service error
SOAP requests and responses can be sent over HTTP, HTTPS, or other transport methods, and can be implemented quickly on a variety of standard operating systems.
The following are examples of SOAP requests and responses that can be used as references:
Example SOAP request:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:example="http://www.example.com">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<example:GetStockPrice>
<example:StockName>IBM</example:StockName>
</example:GetStockPrice>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
In this example, we make a SOAP request to a web service to get IBM's share price. The request is packaged in a SOAP envelope consisting of a SOAP header and a SOAP body. The contents of the SOAP body contain the actual query, i.e. the function "GetStockPrice" with the parameter "StockName" set as "IBM."
SOAP Response Example:
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<example:GetStockPriceResponse>
<example:Price>125.45</example:Price>
</example:GetStockPriceResponse>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
In this example, we receive a SOAP response from a web service that returns IBM stock values. The response is also packaged in a SOAP envelope consisting of a SOAP header and a SOAP body. The actual response includes the function "GetStockPriceResponse" with the parameter "price" set as "125.45". This is the IBM stock value we requested in the SOAP request.
Odoo provides support for SOAP web services to be integrated with external systems. Using the Web Service modules already available in Odoo, you can define SOAP Web Services and use them to perform various operations on Odoo documents.
The following is an example of how to call an Odoo SOAP web service from a Python script using the Zeep library:
import zeep
# Create a SOAP client
client = zeep.Client(wsdl='http://example.com/odoo-soap/wsdl')
# Call a SOAP operation
response = client.service.get_product('ABC123')
# Process the SOAP response
print(response)
In this example, we use the Zeep library to create a SOAP client and point it to the Odoo SOAP web service endpoint URL. Next, we call the "get_product" function of the SOAP client and pass the product as input. The SOAP response is returned as a Python object that we can easily manipulate and use for advanced processes.