Odoo Webhooks: Version 1.0 documentation
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Webhooks(A user-defined HTTP callbacks) are a useful tool for apps that want to execute code after a specific event happens on an Odoo, for example, after a warehouse manager creates a new product, updates a stock quantity for existing products or sales manager confirm the quotation.
Instead of telling your app to make an API call every X number of minutes to check if a specific event has occured on an Odoo, you can register webhooks, which send an HTTP request from the Odoo telling your app that the event has occurred. This uses many less API requests overall, allowing you to build more robust apps, and update your app instantly after a webhook is received.
Webhook event data can be stored as JSON or XML, and is commonly used when:
Placing an order
Changing a product’s price
Collecting data for data-warehousing
Integrating your accounting software
Filtering the order items and informing various shippers about the order
Another, less-obvious, case for using webhooks is when you’re dealing with data that isn’t easily searchable through the Odoo API. For example, re-requesting an entire product catalog or order history would benefit from using webhooks since it requires a lot of API requests and takes a lot of time.
Think of it this way, if you would otherwise have to poll for a substantial amount of data, you should be using webhooks.
The module webhook is available on Odoo App Store, Here are links for:
The module webhook is depend on restapi module, which is also available on Odoo App Store, Here are links for:
Note
Unzip webhook module to custom addons directory
Restart odoo server
Activate Developer Mode from the Settings menu
Navigate to the Apps menu
Click on Update Apps List menu in left side bar
Once apps list is updated, click on Apps menu in left / top side bar
Search module webhook
Click on Install button.
Odoo REST API documentation is available , which will give you complete guide for how to install and work with restapi module.