Access or Modify Data Using HTTP Requests in Odoo

• The REST API module permits accessing and modifying data using HTTP requests.
• It allows you to create, fetch, update, and delete a record from the database by sending the appropriate request in JSON.

Response format for REST API in Odoo

• You can choose the response format as JSON or XML format (as needed).
• You can also request the schema of the table from the database.

Create API Keys to Access Endpoints

• The Odoo app allows you to create an API key to access the endpoints and set specific data access rights for different users.
• Same API key can be made available for different endpoint users.

Manage API keys and their Access Rights

• You can restrict specific access rights for different API keys.
• Also, you can view the access rights message in the endpoint response.

Improved Security with User Authentication

• User authentication ensures that only authorized users can access the API resources.
• It prevents data breaches, fraud, and other security risks.

Generating User Authentication Token

• • You can create a user authentication token from the user profile in Odoo.
  • Or you can provide encoded credentials in Postman to generate the authentication key.

(NOTE: For user authentication, you must encode the login credentials from Base64 in the given format. {‘login’:’admin’,’password’:’admin’})