Importing data from xml to modules

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How do I import data from a xml file and link it to the fields in my module? The xml file is currently in the same directory as my module and have the following code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <tryton>
  <data noupdate="1" skiptest="1">
   <record model="module.directory" id="code_123">
   <field name="code_name">123</field>
   <field name="code_description">Description</field>
   <field name="code_table">Table number</field>
   </record>
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  </data>
 </tryton>

The fields are ‘code_name’, ‘code_description’ and ‘code_table’.

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I suspect that you are using the wrong model name.

For example for party module the main model name is party.party because of the following python code:

    __name__ = 'party.party'

Not because of the directory or the module name.

Are you sure your model is called module.directory?

Perhaps if you give more specific data I can give a more specific answer.

I see you have

 <data noupdate="1" skiptest="1">

Maybe try without the attributes? How are you trying to create the records? Perhaps by “updating” the module?

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Hi thanks for the reply Josef!

The model and field names are just arbitrary names due to my project’s confidentiality.

I did this and I had the error: “ERROR trytond.convert Error while parsing xml file”

The records are just stored as Char values. I tried updating the module but I could not see them being stored in the database.

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I am importing data into the database using <data> without attributes.

I suspect you have an error in you xml file which is not shown when you have noupdate="1" skiptest="1" because the file is not being fully parsed, however this is just my hunch.

5

Is your field “code_name” Char or Numeric ?

In case of Numeric field you should use:

<field name="code_name" eval="123"/>
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It might be so, which can be a syntax issue on my part.

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The field for “code_name” is Char, but I suspect it may be a syntax issue on my part. Thanks for the input though, Max!