Call Model Method

odoo.execute_kw

ActionCRM & salesconnection required

Calls the Odoo API with the connection's credentials.

Call any public method on any model through object.execute_kw — the escape hatch for business methods such as action_confirm or message_post that the other nodes do not cover.

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Connection

Required: Yes — the node will not save without one
Auth type: API key
Providers: Odoo
Secret shape: the API key, or {"api_key": "…"} — Odoo takes it in place of the password
Config it needs: base_url, db, username, uid
Resolved by: config.connection_id, else node.connection_id

Configuration

4 fields, 2 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.

Field	Type	Required	Default	Constraints	Example
model Technical name of the Odoo model to act on, such as 'res.partner' or 'sale.order'.	string	Yes	—	—	res.partner
method Name of the method to call on the model, such as 'action_confirm'.	string	Yes	—	—	action_confirm
args Positional arguments, as a JSON array. Most record methods take the id list first, e.g. [[42]].	array	No	—	—	[[42]]
kwargs Keyword arguments, as a JSON object.	object	No	—	—	{"context":{"lang":"en_US"}}

Example configuration

Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.

{
  "args": [
    [
      42
    ]
  ],
  "kwargs": {
    "context": {
      "lang": "en_US"
    }
  },
  "method": "action_confirm",
  "model": "res.partner"
}

Output

One shape.

result

Field	Type	Example
result Whatever the method returned, unshaped.	any	—
model The model the call was made against.	string	—
method The method that was called.	string	—

{
  "method": "",
  "model": "",
  "result": null
}

Notes

Odoo refuses any method whose name starts with an underscore over RPC, and so does this node before the request is built.

Related Odoo nodes

See Call Model Method run in a workflow.

In a technical demo we add the Odoo connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.

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