odoo/openerpcommand/call.py

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"""
Call an arbitrary model's method.
"""
import ast
import os
import pprint
import sys
import time
import xmlrpclib
import client
class Call(client.Client):
"""\
Call an arbitrary model's method.
Example:
> oe call res.users.read '[1, 3]' '[]' -u 1 -p admin
"""
# TODO The above docstring is completely borked in the
# --help message.
command_name = 'call'
def __init__(self, subparsers=None):
super(Call, self).__init__(subparsers)
self.parser.add_argument('call', metavar='MODEL.METHOD',
help='the model and the method to call, using the '
'<model>.<method> format.')
self.parser.add_argument('args', metavar='ARGUMENT',
nargs='+',
help='the argument for the method call, must be '
'`ast.literal_eval` compatible. Can be repeated.')
def work(self):
try:
model, method = self.args.call.rsplit('.', 1)
except:
print "Invalid syntax `%s` must have the form <model>.<method>."
sys.exit(1)
args = tuple(map(ast.literal_eval, self.args.args)) if self.args.args else ()
x = self.execute(model, method, *args)
pprint.pprint(x, indent=4)