new method to ease developing scripts

NEWS.rst

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
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+13.1.0
+------
+
+Add a handy method in odoo.py when writing scripts.
+
 13.0.0
 ------
 

odoo_scripts/__init__.py

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 __author__ = "XCG Consulting"
 
 # expose some useful functions
-from .odoo import odoo_connect_parser, odoo_login  # noqa: F401
+from .odoo import odoo_connect, odoo_connect_parser, odoo_login  # noqa: F401
 from .parsing import logging_from_verbose  # noqa: F401

odoo_scripts/odoo.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import argparse
 import getpass
 import logging
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
 import odoorpc
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     port: int,
     protocol: str,
     timeout: int,
-):
+) -> Tuple[odoorpc.ODOO, Optional[int]]:
     _logger.info(
         "Connecting to Odoo on <%s://%s:%s> (%s DB)",
         protocol,
@@ -78,3 +78,19 @@
         "-d", "--database", help="Odoo database", required=True
     )
     return parser
+
+
+def odoo_connect(
+    namespace: argparse.Namespace,
+) -> Tuple[odoorpc.ODOO, Optional[int]]:
+    """Return a connection and session id obtained from a namespace obtained
+    from parsing :func:odoo_connect_parser."""
+    return odoo_login(
+        login=namespace.login,
+        password=namespace.password,
+        port=namespace.port,
+        host=namespace.host,
+        protocol=namespace.protocol,
+        timeout=namespace.timeout,
+        database=namespace.database,
+    )