Inspection and Introspection

While we previously used fields_get() to query a model and have been using an arbitrary model from the start, Odoo stores most model metadata inside a few meta-models which allows both querying the system and altering models and fields (with some limitations) on the fly over REST API.

Note

1. Provides information about Odoo models via its various fields (ir.model)

2. Provides information about the fields of Odoo models and allows adding custom fields without using Python code (ir.model.fields)