Odoo integration services

Through Odoo’s external API, which reaches every model the integration user may access. From Odoo 19, the JSON-2 API takes a POST to /json/2/<model>/<method> with an API key as a bearer token; older versions use XML-RPC or JSON-RPC. For event triggers we use automation rules, which send and receive webhooks from Odoo 17, and a small module when logic belongs inside Odoo.

Odoo Online cannot run custom modules or Odoo Apps Store modules, so the integration runs outside Odoo and calls the API, which Odoo includes only in its Custom plan. Odoo.sh, for Enterprise subscriptions that include it, deploys your modules from GitHub with staging branches. Self-hosted Community or Enterprise allows anything, but you own upgrades, backups and security.

We scope against the version you run and check its support dates first. Odoo supports each major version for three years; standard support for Odoo 17 is planned to end in September 2026. Odoo 19 added the JSON-2 API and deprecated XML-RPC and JSON-RPC. Odoo 20 (September 2026) added an MCP server, and the old RPC endpoints are scheduled for removal in Odoo 22 (fall 2028) and Odoo Online 21.1 (winter 2027), so new work should use JSON-2.

Yes, if version-specific details sit in one mapping layer and are retested before each upgrade. Odoo Online databases on a major version must upgrade every two years, and those on an intermediate version a few weeks after the next release. Fields change too: from Odoo 18, stock-tracked products are Goods with Track Inventory ticked. We rerun the tests on Odoo’s upgraded test database before you switch.

Yes. Odoo 20 includes an MCP server in Odoo AI, also documented for Odoo Online 19.4. A client connects to your database URL plus /mcp with an API key that has the MCP scope, and acts with that user’s access rights. Odoo documents setup for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Antigravity and Codex. Read tools such as Search are exposed by default; write tools such as Create Records must be exposed manually. Odoo AI is not in Community, and Odoo lists agentic AI under its Custom plan. Our Odoo MCP server guide, linked in the AI agent access section of this page, covers setup, permissions and alternatives.

Yes. Community includes the external API, the JSON-2 endpoint from version 19 and, from version 17, automation rules that send and receive webhooks. It does not include Enterprise apps such as full Accounting (Community has Invoicing), Studio or Odoo AI. Community users who need a full ledger therefore keep one elsewhere, such as QuickBooks Online, or move to Enterprise.

We read your data model before mapping anything. Studio fields start with x_studio_ and other custom fields with x_, and the API reaches them like standard fields. Each JSON-2 call runs in its own transaction, so a multi-step operation such as creating and confirming an order goes through one module method. Odoo will not upgrade a database until its custom modules are ported to the target version.

Odoo’s external API documentation publishes no request quota, so throughput depends on your hosting. On Odoo.sh, scheduled actions that keep hitting the execution time limit are disabled, and staging builds get one worker with scheduled actions run a couple of times a day. We read in batches with search_read, request only needed fields, filter changes on write_date and keep jobs short.

Scope and hosting. Cost rises with the number of flows and directions, custom fields and modules, multi-company rules, backfills, volume and how fresh data must be. On Odoo Online the integration runs outside Odoo and needs the Custom plan. Paid Odoo Apps Store modules are sold per major version, so upgrades carry a cost. A standard sync usually takes a few weeks including testing; complex multi-company or heavily customized work typically takes two to three months.

No. AIONDATA is an independent integration provider and is not an Odoo partner. We are Bay Area-led, based in San Ramon, California, with engineering in Noida, India, and certified to ISO 9001:2015 and CMMI Level 3. We can work alongside your Odoo partner or in-house team, and we document every mapping so they can maintain it.