Odoo

Odoo Common API

Unauthenticated XML-RPC endpoint for version + authentication

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POST /xmlrpc/2/common XML-RPC common endpoint (version, authenticate) #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Odoo External Common API
  description: 'Odoo''s external API exposes business data and methods via XML-RPC (and

    JSON-RPC) endpoints.'
  version: '17.0'
  contact:
    name: Odoo
    url: https://www.odoo.com/documentation/17.0/developer/reference/external_api.html
servers:
- url: https://{instance}.odoo.com
  description: Odoo Online or self-hosted instance
  variables:
    instance:
      default: mycompany
      description: Odoo instance / database hostname prefix
security: []
tags:
- name: Common
  description: Unauthenticated XML-RPC endpoint for version + authentication
paths:
  /xmlrpc/2/common:
    post:
      tags:
      - Common
      summary: XML-RPC common endpoint (version, authenticate)
      description: 'Accepts unauthenticated XML-RPC method calls. Used to retrieve

        server metadata via `version()` and to authenticate via

        `authenticate(db, login, password, {})` which returns the user

        identifier (uid) needed for subsequent calls.'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/xml:
            schema:
              type: string
              description: XML-RPC methodCall envelope (e.g. version or authenticate)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: XML-RPC methodResponse
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                type: string
      operationId: postXmlrpc2Common
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  securitySchemes:
    OdooApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: 'Odoo 14+ supports per-user API keys generated under user preferences

        Account Security. These can be substituted for the password parameter

        in `authenticate` and `execute_kw` calls.

        '